Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The beam-bird, or spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa grisola. Also
wall-plat .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.), Prov. Eng. The spotted flycatcher.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK, dialect, obsolete, Norfolk A bird, the spotted flycatcher.
Etymologies
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wall + bird, from its frequent choice of nesting site.
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