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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PETTYCHAPS

n.A small bird of the genus Motacilla, called also beambird; found in the north of Europe. The beambird is the spotted fly-catcher, of the genus Muscicapa.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PETTYCHAPS

PETTYCHAPS Pet "ty *chaps, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Any one of several species of small European singing birds of the subfamily Sylviinæ, as the willow warbler, the chiff-chaff, and the golden warbler (Sylvia hortensis ).