#98884
03/17/2003 12:15 AM
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More on the European woodpecker:
"Yaffle \Yaf"fle\, n. [Probably imitative of its call or cry.]
(Zo["o]l.)
The European green woodpecker (Picus, or 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."
Webster's 1913 (*Note: nickle ain't listed)
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#98886
03/17/2003 12:52 AM
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Put the little nickel in.
In the nickelodeon,
All I've got is lovin' you
And music, music, music!((there's a challenge, Dr. Bill...can't find that complete lyric online anywhere) And, my, Theresa...but there are strange birds, especially woodpeckers, in Gray World, aren't there? 
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#98887
03/17/2003 4:29 AM
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#98888
03/17/2003 5:56 PM
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Ah!...the other Doc was too quick for you this time, Dr. Bill!  Thanks, Doc C!  (And I never kenew the song was titled, "Musick! Musick! Musick!") 
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