chiffchaff

Chiffchaff — Resting during migration at sea   …   Wikipedia

chiffchaff — ► NOUN ▪ a common warbler with drab plumage and a repetitive call. ORIGIN imitative of its call …   English terms dictionary

chiffchaff — [chif′chaf΄] n. [echoic of its cry] a small, olive green and brown European warbler (Phylloscopus collybita), feeding mainly on insects and spiders …   English World dictionary

chiffchaff — noun a) A small, common warbler, Phylloscopus collybita, with yellowish green plumage that breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe and Asia. I thought I heard something singing chiffchaff, chiffchaff. So I had a look and there was a… …   Wiktionary

Chiffchaff — pilkoji pečialinda statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Phylloscopus collybita angl. Chiffchaff vok. Weidenlaubsänger …   Paukščių anatomijos terminai

chiffchaff — noun Etymology: imitative Date: 1780 a small grayish European warbler (Phylloscopus collybita) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

chiffchaff — /chif chaf , chahf /, n. a common, greenish Old World warbler, Phylloscopus collybita. [1770 80; gradational compound; imit.] * * * ▪ bird  (Phylloscopus collybita), warbler (family Sylviidae, order Passeriformes) of western Eurasia, named for… …   Universalium

chiffchaff — n. type of small European songbird with yellowish green feathers …   English contemporary dictionary

chiffchaff — noun a common warbler with drab plumage and a repetitive call. [Phylloscopus collybita.] Origin C18: imitative of its call …   English new terms dictionary

chiffchaff — chiff·chaff …   English syllables

chiffchaff — chiff•chaff [[t]ˈtʃɪfˌtʃæf, ˌtʃɑf[/t]] n. orn a greenish brown Old World warbler Phylloscopus collybita[/ex] • Etymology: 1770–80; imit.; cf. GZilpzalpchiffchaff …   From formal English to slang