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fieldfare

(fēld′fer′)

noun

a European thrush (Turdus pilaris) with a grayish head and brown wings

Origin: ME feldefare, altered (after faren, fare) < OE feldeware, lit., “field-dweller” < feld, field + ? wærian, to guard, inhabit: ? folk etym.

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noun

An Old World thrush (Turdus pilaris) having gray and reddish-brown plumage.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English feldfare

Origin: , from Old English feldeware

Origin: , error for *feldefare

Origin: : perhaps feld, field; see field

Origin: + *-fare, goer (from faran, to go; see per-² in Indo-European roots)

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