Definition of pecker

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Pecker (n.) One who, or that which, pecks; specif., a bird that pecks holes in trees; a woodpecker..

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Pecker :: Pecker (n.) An instrument for pecking; a pick.
Figeater :: Figeater (n.) A bird. See Figpecker.
Yaffle :: Yaffle (n.) The European green woodpecker (Picus, / Genius, viridis). It is noted for its loud laughlike note. Called also eccle, hewhole, highhoe, laughing bird, popinjay, rain bird, yaffil, yaffler, yaffingale, yappingale, yackel, and woodhack..
Pianet :: Pianet (n.) The lesser woodpecker.
Woodpeck :: Woodpeck (n.) A woodpecker.
Flicker :: Flicker (n.) The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus); -- so called from its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and yucca..
Spriteful :: Sprite (n.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle..
Woodpecker :: Woodpecker (n.) Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to Picus and many allied genera of the family Picidae.
Pici :: Pici (n. pl.) A division of birds including the woodpeckers and wrynecks.
Eccle :: Eccle (n.) The European green woodpecker; -- also called ecall, eaquall, yaffle..
Wallhick :: Wallhick (n.) The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor).
Nickle :: Nickle (n.) The European woodpecker, or yaffle; -- called also nicker pecker..
Picariae :: Picariae (n. pl.) An extensive division of birds which includes the woodpeckers, toucans, trogons, hornbills, kingfishers, motmots, rollers, and goatsuckers. By some writers it is made to include also the cuckoos, swifts, and humming birds..
Popinjay :: Popinjay (n.) The green woodpecker.
Carpintero :: Carpintero (n.) A california woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus), noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees. The acorns become infested by insect larvae, which, when grown, are extracted for food by the bird..
Zygodactylous :: Zygodactylous (a.) Yoke-footed; having the toes disposed in pairs; -- applied to birds which have two toes before and two behind, as the parrot, cuckoo, woodpecker, etc..
Picine :: Picine (a.) Of or pertaining to the woodpeckers (Pici), or to the Piciformes..
Ivory-bill :: Ivory-bill (n.) A large, handsome, North American woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp, ivory-colored beak. Its general color is glossy black, with white secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a large, scarlet crest. It is now rare, and found only in the Gulf States..
Stormfinch :: Stormcock (n.) The green woodpecker.
Supercilious :: Superciliary (a.) Having a distinct streak of color above the eyes; as, the superciliary woodpecker..
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