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English noun: woodpecker

1. woodpecker (animal) bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects


Synonymspecker, peckerwood


Broader (hypernym)piciform bird


Narrower (hyponym)Campephilus principalis, downy woodpecker, flicker, green woodpecker, ivory-billed woodpecker, ivorybill, Melanerpes erythrocephalus, piculet, Picus viridis, redhead, redheaded woodpecker, sapsucker, wryneck


Member meronymfamily Picidae, Picidae









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