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English
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Noun
1.3
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English
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Etymology
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From
wet
+
bird
; the chaffinch's cry was believed to foretell rain.
Noun
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wetbird
(
plural
wetbirds
)
(
UK
,
dialect
)
The
chaffinch
.
References
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“
wetbird
”, in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary
, Springfield, Mass.:
G. & C. Merriam
,
1913
,
→OCLC
.
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