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Peck :: Peck (v. i.) To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat..

Peck :: Peck (v.) To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree..

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

Dot :: Dot (v. i.) To make dots or specks.

Aphtha :: Aphtha (n.) One of the whitish specks called aphthae.

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..

Crankbird :: Crankbird (n.) A small European woodpecker (Picus minor).

Peck :: Peck (v.) Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated quick movements..

Speck :: Speck (v. t.) To cause the presence of specks upon or in, especially specks regarded as defects or blemishes; to spot; to speckle; as, paper specked by impurities in the water used in its manufacture..

Stormfinch :: Stormcock (n.) The green woodpecker.

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..

Peckled :: Peckled (a.) Speckled; spotted.

Fleck :: Fleck (n.) A spot; a streak; a speckle.

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

Speckled :: Speckled (imp. & p. p.) of Speckl.

Dot :: Dot (n.) A small point or spot, made with a pen or other pointed instrument; a speck, or small mark..

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..

Nickle :: Nickle (n.) The European woodpecker, or yaffle; -- called also nicker pecker..

Mote :: Mote (n.) A small particle, as of floating dust; anything proverbially small; a speck..

Variolitic :: Variolitic (a.) Thickly marked with small, round specks; spotted..

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