"fauvette" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fauvettes [plural]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French fauvette, diminutive of fauve (“fawn-coloured”). Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|fr|fauvette}} Unadapted borrowing from French fauvette Head templates: {{en-noun}} fauvette (plural fauvettes)
  1. (archaic) Any of a number of small songbird, such as nightingales or warblers. Tags: archaic Categories (lifeform): Birds

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