Popinjay (Fr. papegai, Ital. papagallo, Low Gr. papagas), a parrot; a figure of a bird put up as a mark for archers to shoot at (papingo being another Scottish form for this sense); see KILWINNING. The green woodpecker is also sometimes called popinjay.
Popinjay
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 8: Peasant to Eoumelia, p. 325
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