Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An Old World thrush (Turdus pilaris) having gray and reddish-brown plumage.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The common English name of a European thrush, Turdus pilaris, of the family Turdidæ, about 10 inches long, of a reddish-brown color, with blackish tail and ashy head, a winter resident in Great Britain, breeding far north.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) a small thrush (
Turdus pilaris ) which breeds in northern Europe and winters in Great Britain. The head, nape, and lower part of the back are ash-colored; the upper part of the back and wing coverts, chestnut; -- called alsofellfare .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A large
thrush , Turdus pilaris, a bird ofEurasia .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Stephen Moss on one of the most beautiful winter visitors, the fieldfare
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• Large flocks of chaffinch with some bramblings in woodland, abundant redwing and fieldfare in hawthorn hedges, and rare waxwings appearing in unusually high numbers.
British wildlife benefits from return to 'traditional' seasonal weather 2010
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He said he had never forgotten how the body of the fieldfare felt in his hand: the memory had always haunted him.
A Year on the Wing TIM DEE 2009
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The fieldfare fell dead, and the child Thomas picked it up and it was as light as a feather, all skin and bone, practically starved.
A Year on the Wing TIM DEE 2009
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The chack of the first fieldfare of the winter came close behind the last swallow of the summer, and we were in the thick of it.
A Year on the Wing TIM DEE 2009
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They noticed a fieldfare, half-frozen, and the father took up a stone idly and threw it at the bird, possibly not meaning to hit it.
A Year on the Wing TIM DEE 2009
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She neither shrieked nor fainted; but no poor January fieldfare was ever colder, no ice-house more dank with perspiration, than she was then.
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The former, called by the Chilenos "el Turco," is as large as a fieldfare, to which bird it has some alliance; but its legs are much longer, tail shorter, and beak stronger: its colour is a reddish brown.
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The former, called by the Chilenos "el Turco," is as large as a fieldfare, to which bird it has some alliance; but its legs are much longer, tail shorter, and beak stronger: its colour is a reddish brown.
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The collyrion (or fieldfare) feeds on the same food as the owsel; is of the same size as the above mentioned birds; and is trapped usually in the winter.
slumry commented on the word fieldfare
Nice. So it's a bird, not a farmer's lunch. I devoutly hope it is not a farmer's lunch. :(
July 26, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word fieldfare
Image can be found here.
August 26, 2008