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hickwall.

A lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor).

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor).

    UK · regional
  2. A European green woodpecker (Picus viridis).

    UK · regional
  3. A blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus.

    UK · archaic · regional
Where this word comes from

From Middle English hyghwhele; also highwale (1500s) or highawe (1600s). Rarely attested before the sixteenth century, making the original form difficult to trace. Probably imitative of the bird's cry; compare yaffle (“green woodpecker”). Possibly influenced by witwall, woodwall.

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