chiffchaff

/ˈt͡ʃɪf.t͡ʃæf/

noun

  1. 1

    A small, common warbler, Phylloscopus collybita, with yellowish-green plumage that breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe and Asia.

  2. 2

    Any of several other species of the same genus.

  3. 3

    (onomatopoeic) The song of the chiffchaff.

    “I thought I heard something singing chiffchaff, chiffchaff. So I had a look and there was a chiffchaff.”

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