Definition of woodpecker

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

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Crankbird :: Crankbird (n.) A small European woodpecker (Picus minor).
Whetile :: Whetile (n.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle. See Yaffle..
Tapper :: Tapper (n.) The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); -- called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and pump borer..
Redhead :: Redhead (n.) The red-headed woodpecker. See Woodpecker.
Eccle :: Eccle (n.) The European green woodpecker; -- also called ecall, eaquall, yaffle..
Galley-bird :: Galley-bird (n.) The European green woodpecker; also, the spotted 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..
Logcock :: Logcock (n.) The pileated woodpecker.
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..
Spight :: Spight (n.) A woodpecker. See Speight.
Wallhick :: Wallhick (n.) The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor).
Nickle :: Nickle (n.) The European woodpecker, or yaffle; -- called also nicker pecker..
Hewhole :: Hewhole (n.) The European green woodpecker. See Yaffle.
Woodpeck :: Woodpeck (n.) A woodpecker.
Supercilious :: Superciliary (a.) Having a distinct streak of color above the eyes; as, the superciliary woodpecker..
Climber :: Climber (n.) A bird that climbs, as a woodpecker or a parrot..
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..
Speight :: Speight (n.) A woodpecker; -- called also specht, spekt, spight..
Piciformes :: Piciformes (n. pl.) A group of birds including the woodpeckers, toucans, barbets, colies, kingfishes, hornbills, and some other related groups..
Flicker :: Flicker (n.) The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus); -- so called from its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and yucca..
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