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Snapper :: Snapper (n.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle..

Galley-bird :: Galley-bird (n.) The European green woodpecker; also, the spotted woodpecker..

Piciformes :: Piciformes (n. pl.) A group of birds including the woodpeckers, toucans, barbets, colies, kingfishes, hornbills, and some other related groups..

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)..

Woodnewer :: Woodnewer (n.) A 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..

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..

Speckt :: Speckt (n.) A woodpecker. See Speight.

Zygodactylous :: Zygodactylous (a.) Yoke-footed; having the toes disposed in pairs; -- applied to birds which have two toes before and two behind, as the parrot, cuckoo, woodpecker, etc..

Pici :: Pici (n. pl.) A division of birds including the woodpeckers and wrynecks.

Picus :: Picus (n.) A genus of woodpeckers, including some of the common American and European species..

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

Hickway :: Hickway (n.) The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor) of Europe.

Eccle :: Eccle (n.) The European green woodpecker; -- also called ecall, eaquall, yaffle..

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

Scansorial :: Scansorial (a.) Capable of climbing; as, the woodpecker is a scansorial bird; adapted for climbing; as, a scansorial foot..

Pecker :: Pecker (n.) One who, or that which, pecks; specif., a bird that pecks holes in trees; a woodpecker..

Yaffle :: Yaffle (n.) The European green woodpecker (Picus, / Genius, viridis). It is noted for its loud laughlike note. Called also eccle, hewhole, highhoe, laughing bird, popinjay, rain bird, yaffil, yaffler, yaffingale, yappingale, yackel, and woodhack..

Ivory-bill :: Ivory-bill (n.) A large, handsome, North American woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp, ivory-colored beak. Its general color is glossy black, with white secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a large, scarlet crest. It is now rare, and found only in the Gulf States..

Witwall :: Witwall (n.) The greater spotted woodpecker.

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