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Scansorial :: Scansorial (a.) Capable of climbing; as, the woodpecker is a scansorial bird; adapted for climbing; as, a scansorial foot..

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..

Figeater :: Figeater (n.) A bird. See Figpecker.

Pianet :: Pianet (n.) The lesser woodpecker.

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..

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..

Logcock :: Logcock (n.) The pileated woodpecker.

Speight :: Speight (n.) A woodpecker; -- called also specht, spekt, spight..

Wallhick :: Wallhick (n.) The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor).

Saurognathous :: Saurognathous (a.) Having the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, the vomer consisting of two lateral halves, as in the woodpeckers (Pici)..

Hewhole :: Hewhole (n.) The European green woodpecker. See Yaffle.

Spight :: Spight (n.) A woodpecker. See Speight.

Snapper :: Snapper (n.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle..

Wryneck :: Wryneck (n.) Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus Jynx, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European species (J. torguilla); -- so called from its habit of turning the neck around in different directions. Called also cuckoo's mate, snakebird, summer bird, tonguebird, and writheneck..

Woodpeck :: Woodpeck (n.) A woodpecker.

Hickway :: Hickway (n.) The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor) of Europe.

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..

Galley-bird :: Galley-bird (n.) The European green woodpecker; also, the spotted woodpecker..

Picine :: Picine (a.) Of or pertaining to the woodpeckers (Pici), or to the Piciformes..

Piciformes :: Piciformes (n. pl.) A group of birds including the woodpeckers, toucans, barbets, colies, kingfishes, hornbills, and some other related groups..

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