figpecker

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Etymology[edit]

fig +‎ pecker, as it was believed to gorge itself on figs when in season.

Noun[edit]

figpecker (plural figpeckers)

  1. A bird, the western Orphean warbler, Sylvia hortensis, prized by gourmets.

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