chickadee
noun/ˈt͡ʃɪk.əˌdi/
Etymology Apparent onomatopoeia from these birds' calls having a distinctive “chick-a-dee-dee-dee” sound, possibly influenced by chick or chicken.
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Canada, US Any of the small, mostly black and white North American songbirds of the genus Poecile of the family Paridae.
- In Walden wood the chickadee / Runs round the pine and maple tree1904, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Fragments on Nature and Life”, in Poems:
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Affectionate term of address.
- I got a date with a cute little chickadee in just a few, an' I don't wanna be late!2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Glitzville: