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Definition of Fieldfare
1. Noun. Medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter.
Generic synonyms: Thrush
Group relationships: Genus Turdus, Turdus
Definition of Fieldfare
1. n. 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 also fellfare.
Definition of Fieldfare
1. Noun. A large thrush, ''Turdus pilaris'', a bird of Eurasia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fieldfare
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Medical Definition of Fieldfare
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Fieldfare
Literary usage of Fieldfare
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A history of British birds by Francis Orpen Morris (1853)
"THE fieldfare, though -of unpretending colours, is an attractive bird in the eye
of the ornithologist; it is indigenous in Europe, in Prussia, Poland, ..."
2. Illustrations of British Ornithology by Prideaux John Selby (1833)
"... frequently found with the wings and tail white; sometimes it is entirely white,
besides other variations of plumage enumerated by TEMMINCK. fieldfare. ..."
3. Coloured Illustrations of British Birds, and Their Eggs by Henry Leonard Meyer (1853)
"The fieldfare is about ten inches in length; some measure more; the wing measures,
from carpus to tip, five inches and a half; the tail is four inches and a ..."
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