wetbird

English edit

Etymology edit

wet +‎ bird; the chaffinch's cry was believed to foretell rain.

Noun edit

wetbird (plural wetbirds)

(UK, dialect) The chaffinch.

References edit

“wetbird”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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