yaffle

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: yaf=fle

CIDE DICTIONARY

yaffle, n. [Probably imitative of its call or cry.].

 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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

yaffle, n. dial. a green woodpecker, Picus viridus.

Etymology

imit. of its laughing cry

ROGET THESAURUS

yaffle

Quantity

N quantity, magnitude, size, amplitude, magnitude, mass, amount, sum, quantum, measure, substance, strength, force, mathematics, mathesis, category, general conception, universal predicament, armful, handful, mouthful, spoonful, capful, stock, batch, lot, dose, yaffle, quantitative, some, any, aught, more or less, a few, to the tune of, all of, a full, the sum of, fully, exactly, precisely.