单词 | pettichaps |
释义 | pettichaps/ˈpɛtɪtʃaps/Chiefly English regional. Now archaic noun Either of two warblers: (a) (more fully greater pettichaps) the garden warbler, Sylvia borin; (b) (more fully lesser pettichaps) the chiffchaff, Phylloscopus collybita. OriginLate 17th century; earliest use found in John Ray (1627–1705), naturalist and theologian. Probably imitative of the bird's call, but probably with assimilation to petty and chap. |
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