poke-pudding

poke-pudding
Pokebag Poke"bag`, n. [So called in allusion to its baglike nest.] (Zo["o]l.) The European long-tailed titmouse; -- called also {poke-pudding}. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

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