Meaning of yockel | Babel Free

Definitions

The yaffle or green woodpecker, Picus viridis.

UK, dialectal, rare

Examples

“Mr. F.C. Birkbeck Terry quoting from the Rev. C. Swainson's “Folklore of British Birds” gives yockel as the local Salopian name for the green woodpecker. ¶ Can any readers of Salopian Shreds and Patches give instances of localities for these names?”

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