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名詞

yockel (複数形 yockels)

1. (まれに, Britain, dialectal) The yaffle or green woodpecker, Picus viridis.
   • May 19, 1886, W.B., “Shropshire Birds”, in Salopian Shreds and Patches, page 114:

     Mr. F.C. Birkbeck Terry quoting from the Rev. C. Swainson's “Folklore of British Birds” gives yockel as the local Salopian name for the green woodpecker. ¶ Can any readers of Salopian Shreds and Patches give instances of localities for these names?

参照

• Yockel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “yuckle, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

アナグラム

• Cokley, Lockey