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woodpecker::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pecker, peckerwood |
| Type of | piciform bird |
| Has types | downy woodpecker, flicker, green woodpecker, ivory-billed woodpecker, ivorybill, melanerpes erythrocephalus, campephilus principalis, sapsucker, wryneck, piculet, picus viridis, redhead, redheaded woodpecker |
Examples of woodpecker
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The sun was warm and the air still except for the sound of an acorn woodpecker.
From the latimes.com
Two monarch butterflies scoot across our path, as a woodpecker whooshes overhead.
From the philly.com
To the untrained eye, the ivory bill can be mistaken for a pileated woodpecker.
From the washingtontimes.com
Did Rosen manage to catch a glimpse of the nearly mythic ivory-billed woodpecker?
From the newsobserver.com
Similarly, I like to think of the hook-shaped pattern as a stylized woodpecker.
From the tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com
If the ivory-billed woodpecker is out there, the tireless robot should snap it.
From the newscientist.com
Dr John Sentamu broadcasts news of his siskins, green woodpecker and squirrels.
From the guardian.co.uk
Stuck my toe in a woodpecker hole, In a woodpecker hole, in a woodpecker hole.
From the theatlantic.com
Red-headed woodpecker, red-winged blackbird and eastern bluebird come to mind.
From the post-gazette.com
- Bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects
- The woodpeckers, piculets and wrynecks are a family, Picidae, of near-passerine birds. Members of this family are found worldwide, except for Australia and New Zealand, Madagascar, and the extreme polar regions. ...
- Woodpecker is a 2008 comedic film starring Jon e. Hyrns and directed by Alex Karpovsky. The film follows Hyrns and his cohort, Wesley Yang, as they obsessively search the Arkansas bayou for proof that Ivory-billed Woodpecker is in fact not extinct.
- (The Woodpeckers (Rugby union team)) The Woodpeckers were a combined Oxford and Cambridge touring rugby team, founded in 1948 by Colin Figures while at Pembroke College, Cambridge.
- One of several species of bird from the family Picidae, with a sharp beak suitable for pecking holes in wood
- Card- or dice-player's confederate who hands by and bets.
- Possible nickname for a slender gun magazine fed thru the stock. Appearance looks like a sawed-off shotgun. Uses 05mm rounds 07mm X 35mm X 42.
