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yockels

yockels is the plural of yockel.

Meaning of yockel

Noun

yockel (plural yockels)

  1. (UK, dialectal, rare) The yaffle or green woodpecker, Picus viridis.
    • Mr. F.C. Birkbeck Terry quoting from the Rev. C. Swainson's “Folklore of British Birds” gives yockel as the local Salopian name for the green woodpecker. ¶ Can any readers of Salopian Shreds and Patches give instances of localities for these names?May 19, 1886, W.B., “Shropshire Birds”, in Salopian Shreds and Patches, page 114

Questions about yockels

What is yockels the plural of?
Yockels is the plural of yockel.

Words near yockels in the dictionary

  1. Yochum
  2. Yochums
  3. yock
  4. yocked
  5. yockel
  6. yockels
  7. Yockey
  8. Yockeys
  9. yocking
  10. yocks
  11. Yocom

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