n. An Old World thrush (Turdus pilaris) having gray and reddish-brown plumage. [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 the Appendix of Indo-European roots).] |
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