Sheldafle

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sheldafle \Sheld"a*fle\, Sheldaple \Sheld"a*ple\, n. [Perhaps
     for sheld dapple. Cf. {Sheldrake}.] (Zool.)
     A chaffinch. [Written also {sheldapple}, and {shellapple}.]
     [1913 Webster]