figpecker
English
noun
Definitions
- A bird, the western Orphean warbler, Sylvia hortensis, prized by gourmets.
Etymology
Compound from English fig (move briskly, raisin, go to and fro) + English pecker.
Origin
English
pecker
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antpecker English
- berrypecker English
- fig English
- fig tree English
- fig-eater English
- figbird English
- figgery English
- figgle English
- figgy English
- figgy duff English
- figleaf English
- figless English
- figwort English
- flowerpecker English
- groundpecker English
- nutpecker English
- oxpecker English
- peck English
- pecker English
- peckerless English
- woodpecker English
- fige Middle English
- pekker Middle English
- fik Tok Pisin
- fik Chuukese