Definition of woodpecker

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Woodpecker (n.) Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to Picus and many allied genera of the family Picidae.

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Woodpecker :: Woodpecker (n.) Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to Picus and many allied genera of the family Picidae.
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..
Snapper :: Snapper (n.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle..
Wallhick :: Wallhick (n.) The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor).
Picine :: Picine (a.) Of or pertaining to the woodpeckers (Pici), or to the Piciformes..
Spight :: Spight (n.) A woodpecker. See Speight.
Woodpeck :: Woodpeck (n.) A woodpecker.
Picus :: Picus (n.) A genus of woodpeckers, including some of the common American and European species..
Woodchuck :: Woodchuck (n.) The yaffle, or green woodpecker..
Pianet :: Pianet (n.) The lesser woodpecker.
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..
Scansorial :: Scansorial (a.) Capable of climbing; as, the woodpecker is a scansorial bird; adapted for climbing; as, a scansorial foot..
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..
Witwall :: Witwall (n.) The greater spotted woodpecker.
Speight :: Speight (n.) A woodpecker; -- called also specht, spekt, spight..
Specht :: Specht (n.) A woodpecker.
Supercilious :: Superciliary (a.) Having a distinct streak of color above the eyes; as, the superciliary woodpecker..
Crankbird :: Crankbird (n.) A small European woodpecker (Picus minor).
Nickle :: Nickle (n.) The European woodpecker, or yaffle; -- called also nicker pecker..
High-hoe :: High-hoe (n.) The European green woodpecker or yaffle.
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