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woodpecker
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wood·peck·er  (wdpkr)
n.
Any of various usually brightly colored birds of the family Picidae, having strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for clinging to and climbing trees and a chisellike bill for drilling through bark and wood. Also called regionally peckerwood.

woodpecker [ˈwʊdˌpɛkə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any climbing bird of the family Picidae, typically having a brightly coloured plumage and strong chisel-like bill with which they bore into trees for insects: order Piciformes
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Noun1.woodpeckerwoodpecker - bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects
piciform bird - any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood
family Picidae, Picidae - woodpeckers
green woodpecker, Picus viridis - woodpecker of Europe and western Asia
downy woodpecker - small North American woodpecker with black and white plumage and a small bill
flicker - North American woodpecker
Campephilus principalis, ivory-billed woodpecker, ivorybill - large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill; nearly extinct
Melanerpes erythrocephalus, redheaded woodpecker, redhead - black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck
sapsucker - small American woodpecker that feeds on sap from e.g. apple and maple trees
wryneck - Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck
piculet - small woodpeckers of South America and Africa and East Indies having soft rounded tail feathers
Translations
woodpecker [ˈwʊdˌpekəʳ] Npájaro m carpintero
green woodpeckerpito m real
lesser spotted woodpeckerpico m menor
woodpecker [ˈwʊdpɛkər] npic oiseau)m >
wood pigeon npigeon m ramier, ramier m
woodpecker [ˈwʊdˌpɛkəʳ] npicchio
woodpecker [ˈwʊdˌpɛkəʳ] npicchio


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