Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An old name given by Willughby to a small bird of Great Britain, supposed to be the garden-warbler, Sylvia hortensis. Also fig-pecker.
  • noun In entomology, a scarabæoid beetle, Allorhina nitida.
  • noun A local Australian name of a small passerine bird of the genus Zosterops. Also termed grape-eater.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A large beetle (Allorhina nitida) which in the Southern United States destroys figs. The elytra are velvety green with pale borders.
  • noun A bird. See figpecker.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A large beetle (Allorhina nitida) which in the southern United States destroys figs. The elytra are velvety green with pale borders.
  • noun A bird, the figpecker.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun large greenish June beetle of southern United States

Etymologies

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fig +‎ eater

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