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FIELDFARE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fieldfare mean? 

FIELDFARE (noun)
  The noun FIELDFARE has 1 sense:

1. medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winterplay

  Familiarity information: FIELDFARE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FIELDFARE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

fieldfare; snowbird; Turdus pilaris

Hypernyms ("fieldfare" is a kind of...):

thrush (songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast)

Holonyms ("fieldfare" is a member of...):

genus Turdus; Turdus (type genus of the Turdidae)


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