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Popinjay \Pop"in*jay\, n. [OE. popingay, papejay, OF. papegai,
papegaut; cf. Pr. papagai, Sp. & Pg. papagayo, It.
pappagallo, LGr. ?, NGr. ?; in which the first syllables are
perhaps imitative of the bird's chatter, and the last either
fr. L. gallus cock, or the same word as E. jay, F. geai. Cf.
{Papagay}.]
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1. (Zool.)
(a) The green woodpecker.
(b) A parrot.
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The pye and popyngay speak they know not what.
--Tyndale.
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2. A target in the form of a parrot. [Scot.]
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3. A trifling, chattering, fop or coxcomb. "To be so pestered
with a popinjay." --Shak.
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Yaffle \Yaf"fle\ (y[a^]f"f'l), n. [Probably imitative of its
call or cry.] (Zool.)
The European green woodpecker ({Picus viridis} syn. {Genius
viridis}). It is noted for its loud laughlike note. Called
also {eccle}, {hewhole}, {highhoe}, {laughing bird},
{popinjay}, {rain bird}, {yaffil}, {yaffler}, {yaffingale},
{yappingale}, {yackel}, and {woodhack}.
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