hickwall

n. [动]啄木鸟

词形变化

hickwalls 复数 hickwalls

别名

hickway

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor).

    英国
  2. 2.

    A European green woodpecker (Picus viridis).

    英国
  3. 3.

    A blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus.

    英国 古体

词源

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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