Yaffle

1. (n) The green woodpecker or it’s call. (Onomatopoeic from its call.)

hence …

2. (n & v) The call of the green woodpecker

and also ..

3. (n & v) A bark, a yelp.
4. (n) (Newfoundland dialect) A handful; an armful, esp. of dried fish or kindling.

hence …

5. (v) To gather up (a load of fish, etc.) in one’s arms.
6. (v) To eat or drink, esp. noisily or greedily.

Who remembers Bagpuss and Prof. Yaffle?