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Yaffle


n.

The European green woodpecker ( Picus viridis syn. Genius viridis ). It is noted for its loud laughlike note. Called also eccle , hewhole , highhoe , laughing bird , popinjay , rain bird , yaffil , yaffler , yaffingale , yappingale , yackel , and woodhack .


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