fauvette

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fauvette

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Unadapted borrowing from French fauvette, diminutive of fauve (“fawn-coloured”).

noun fauvettes

archaic Any of a number of small songbird, such as nightingales or warblers. On the other hand a young owl, which had as yet only been fed by hand, began of itself to eat by devouring a fauvette which was lodged with it.

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@misc{fauvette_2026,
  title = {fauvette},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fauvette},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}