Definition of peck

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Peck (n.) A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument..

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Snapper :: Snapper (n.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle..
Specht :: Specht (n.) A woodpecker.
Logcock :: Logcock (n.) The pileated woodpecker.
Popinjay :: Popinjay (n.) The green woodpecker.
Woodpeck :: Woodpeck (n.) A woodpecker.
Quart :: Quart (n.) A measure of capacity, both in dry and in liquid measure; the fourth part of a gallon; the eighth part of a peck; two pints..
Speck :: Speck (n.) A small discolored place in or on anything, or a small place of a color different from that of the main substance; a spot; a stain; a blemish; as, a speck on paper or loth; specks of decay in fruit..
Speight :: Speight (n.) A woodpecker; -- called also specht, spekt, spight..
Tapper :: Tapper (n.) The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); -- called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and pump borer..
Peck :: Peck (v. i.) To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat..
Aphthae :: Aphthae (n. pl.) Roundish pearl-colored specks or flakes in the mouth, on the lips, etc., terminating in white sloughs. They are commonly characteristic of thrush..
Saurognathous :: Saurognathous (a.) Having the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, the vomer consisting of two lateral halves, as in the woodpeckers (Pici)..
Pecker :: Pecker (n.) One who, or that which, pecks; specif., a bird that pecks holes in trees; a woodpecker..
Hickway :: Hickway (n.) The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor) of Europe.
Peck :: Peck (n.) A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
Whetile :: Whetile (n.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle. See Yaffle..
Grysbok :: Grysbok (n.) A small South African antelope (Neotragus melanotis). It is speckled with gray and chestnut, above; the under parts are reddish fawn..
Peck :: Peck (v.) To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree..
Ruble :: Ruble (n.) The unit of monetary value in Russia. It is divided into 100 copecks, and in the gold coin of the realm (as in the five and ten ruble pieces) is worth about 77 cents. The silver ruble is a coin worth about 60 cents..
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..
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