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green woodpecker

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green woodpecker
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a European woodpecker, Picus viridis, with a dull green back and wings and a red crown
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Noun1.green woodpeckergreen woodpecker - woodpecker of Europe and western Asia
Picus viridis
peckerwood, woodpecker, pecker - bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects
genus Picus, Picus - type genus of Picidae
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green woodpecker
n (Orn) → Grünspecht m


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Chattering jays and loud wood-pigeons flapped thickly overhead, while ever and anon the measured tapping of Nature's carpenter, the great green woodpecker, sounded from each wayside grove.
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