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WOODPECKER

\wˈʊdpɛkə], \wˈʊdpɛkə], \w_ˈʊ_d_p_ɛ_k_ə]\

Definitions of WOODPECKER

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language

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

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

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

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A bird that pecks holes in trees.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

A bird having a chisel-like bill, that pecks holes in bark in search for insects.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

A scansorial bird of the genus picus, mostly of solitary habits and living in forests, so called from its habit of tapping the trees to discover where insects are lodged.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

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