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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Popinjay :: Popinjay (n.) The green woodpecker.
Nickle :: Nickle (n.) The European woodpecker, or yaffle; -- called also nicker pecker..
Spriteful :: Sprite (n.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle..
Tapper :: Tapper (n.) The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); -- called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and pump borer..
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..
Crankbird :: Crankbird (n.) A small European woodpecker (Picus minor).
Oxpecker :: Oxpecker (n.) An African bird of the genus Buphaga; the beefeater.
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..
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..
Pecker :: Pecker (n.) An instrument for pecking; a pick.
Woodpeck :: Woodpeck (n.) A woodpecker.
Galley-bird :: Galley-bird (n.) The European green woodpecker; also, the spotted woodpecker..
Whetile :: Whetile (n.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle. See Yaffle..
Stormfinch :: Stormcock (n.) The green woodpecker.
Yoke-toed :: Yoke-toed (a.) Having two toes in front and two behind, as the trogons and woodpeckers..
Picine :: Picine (a.) Of or pertaining to the woodpeckers (Pici), or to the Piciformes..
Speckt :: Speckt (n.) A woodpecker. See Speight.
Woodnewer :: Woodnewer (n.) A woodpecker.
Eccle :: Eccle (n.) The European green woodpecker; -- also called ecall, eaquall, yaffle..
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..
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