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Webster 1913 Edition


Witwall

{

Wit′walˊ

,

Wit′wallˊ

}
,
Noun.
[Akin to G.
wittewal
,
wiedewall
, MHG.
witewal
, D.
wiedewaal
,
wielewaal
, OD.
weduwael
, and perhaps the same word as OE.
wodewale
. Cf.
Wood
,
Noun.
,
Wittol
.]
(Zool.)
(a)
The golden oriole.
(b)
The greater spotted woodpecker.
[Prov. Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Witwall

WITWALL

,
Noun.
A bird, the great spotted woodpecker.

Definition 2024


witwall

witwall

English

Alternative forms

  • witwal

Noun

witwall (plural witwalls)

  1. (Britain, dialect) The golden oriole.
  2. (Britain, dialect) The great spotted woodpecker.