Dictionary entry

Yaffle

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Yaf″fle (yăf″f'l), n.(Zoöl.) The European green woodpecker (Picus, orGenius, 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.