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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eccle \Ec"cle\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The European green woodpecker; -- also called ecall, eaquall
yaffle. [Prov. Eng.]
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