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Definition of Popinjays

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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.

Meaning of Popinjays from wikipedia

- a species of butterfly Popinjay (Wild Cards), a Wild Cards character Popinjays, a British indie pop band Corporal Popinjay, a Catch-22 character This...
- The Popinjays are a British indie pop band, mainly active between 1988 and 1994, and again from 2015 to the present. Most of their records were released...
- Commons has media related to Popinjays. Delhi Belgian Archery Clubs Mirror of Literature, includes article "Shooting of the Popinjay" The Ancient Society of...
- A Hunter Field Target (HFT) metallic target in the form of a Rat. The Popinjay (from the French papegai, or "parrot") is an ancient form of target for...
- something inbred, it's a part of me. I will always walk around like a Persian popinjay", an oblique reference to his Indian Parsi background. Feeling a connection...
- the great success stories. It originally consisted of the Day Watch, popinjays headed by Captain "Mayonnaise" Quirke (rich, thick, oily, and smelling...
- catastrophic war between Houses. Accompanied by the Aces Captain Trips and Popinjay, Tachyon's bid to reclaim the throne to which she is heir (a position traditionally...
- ring Activities Bowfishing Bowhunting Bowyer Clout archery Field archery Popinjay Target archery Competitions Olympics Youth World Championships Youth World...
- of Sutton by the Chertsey Abbey (as recorded in the Domesday Book). The popinjay which sits at the top of the badge is from the arms of the Lumleys, former...
- England. Some of the many similar alternative terms are: coxcomb, fribble, popinjay (meaning 'parrot'), dandy, fashion-monger, and ninny. Macaroni was another...