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field·fare  (fldfâr)

n.

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

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[Middle English feldfare, from Old English feldeware, error for *feldefare : perhaps feld, field; see field + *-fare, goer (from faran, to go; see per-² in Indo-European roots).]

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fieldfare

Noun

a type of large thrush [Old English feldefare]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

fieldfare - medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter snowbird, Turdus pilaris thrush - songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast genus Turdus, Turdus - type genus of the Turdidae