chiffchaff
English
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Echoic of the repetitive "chiff-chaff" song of the European species, Phylloscopus collybita.
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Pronunciation
Noun
chiffchaff (plural chiffchaffs)
- A small, common warbler, Phylloscopus collybita, with yellowish-green plumage that breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe and Asia.
- Any of several other species of the same genus.
- (UK, onomatopoeic, uncountable) The song of the chiffchaff.
- I thought I heard something singing chiffchaff, chiffchaff. So I had a look and there was a chiffchaff.
Derived terms
- common chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
- Iberian chiffchaff (Phylloscopus ibericus)
- Canary Islands chiffchaff (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- Western Canary Islands chiffchaff (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- Eastern Canary Islands chiffchaff (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- mountain chiffchaff (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
Translations
Phylloscopus collybita
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Phylloscopus species
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song of chiffchaff
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Further reading
chiffchaff on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Phylloscopus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies