woodwall

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noun

The yaffle bird; the European green woodpecker.

OriginMiddle English wodewale ← Middle Dutch wedewale →
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Meanings

nounwoodwall (plural woodwalls)

plural woodwalls · alternative woodwale · alternative woodwele

  1. The yaffle bird; the European green woodpecker.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishwode“wood”
  2. Middle Dutchwedewale
  3. Middle Englishwodewale
  4. Englishwoodwall

From Middle English wodewale, of uncertain origin, probably from Old English, but perhaps from Middle Dutch wedewale with 1st element reanalyzed as from Middle English wode (“wood”).

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APA

woodwall. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woodwall

MLA

“woodwall.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woodwall. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “woodwall,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woodwall.

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