fieldfare Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter
    snowbird; Turdus pilaris.

WordNet


Field"fare` noun
Etymology
OE. feldfare, AS. feldfare; field + faran to travel.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) a small thrush (Turdus pilaris) which breeds in northern Europe and winters in Great Britain. The head, nape, and lower part of the back are ash-colored; the upper part of the back and wing coverts, chestnut; -- called also fellfare.

Webster 1913