Chiffchaff
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Etymology


Echoic of its repetitive "chiff-chaff" song of the European subspecies .

Noun



  1. A small, common warbler, Phylloscopus collybita, with yellowish-green plumage that breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe and Asia.
  2. the song of the chiffchaff.
    I thought I heard something singing chiffchaff, chiffchaff. So I had a look and there was a chiffchaff.
 
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