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woodwall

woodwall noun: the yaffle bird; the European green woodpecker.

Noun

woodwall (plural woodwalls)

  1. The yaffle bird; the European green woodpecker.

Forms of woodwall

pluralwoodwalls
alternative formwoodwale
alternative formwoodwele

Origin of woodwall

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”).

Questions about woodwall

What does woodwall mean?
Woodwall means the yaffle bird; the European green woodpecker.
What part of speech is woodwall?
Woodwall is a noun.
What is the plural of woodwall?
The plural of woodwall is woodwalls.

Words near woodwall in the dictionary

  1. Woodvale
  2. woodvamp
  3. woodvamps
  4. Woodview
  5. Woodville
  6. woodwall
  7. woodwalls
  8. Woodwalton
  9. woodward
  10. Woodward County
  11. Woodward-Hoffmann rules

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