Pettychapsとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Uncertain. Probably imitative of the bird’s call, with influence from petty (“small”) and either chap (“jaw; bill of a bird”) or chap (“person”).^[1] Alternatively, perhaps directly from petty (in turn from Middle English pety (“tiny”)) and chaps (“jaws”).^[2] Attested from the 1670s.

名詞

pettychaps (複数形 pettychaps)

1. Any of several species of small European passerine songbirds, including the willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus), the chiffchaffs (Phylloscopus spp.), and the western Orphean warbler (Sylvia hortensis).

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