- woodpecker
- wood|peck|er [ `wud,pekər ] noun counta bird that makes holes in trees using its long narrow beak
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Woodpecker — Wood peck er, n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to {Picus} and many allied genera of the family {Picid[ae]}. [1913 Webster] Note: These birds have the tail feathers pointed and rigid at the tip to aid in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Woodpecker — bezeichnet: Woodpecker (Kurzwellensignal), ein sowjetisches Kurzwellensignal Woodpecker (Cider), eine englische Cider Marke der Brauerei H. P. Bulmer Woody Woodpecker, eine Cartoon Figur Diese Seite … Deutsch Wikipedia
woodpecker — 1520s, from WOOD (Cf. wood) (n.) + PECKER (Cf. pecker) … Etymology dictionary
woodpecker — ► NOUN ▪ a bird with a strong bill and a stiff tail, typically pecking at tree trunks to find insects and drumming on dead wood to mark territory … English terms dictionary
woodpecker — [wood′pek΄ər] n. any of a family (Picidae) of piciform birds distinguished by stiff tail feathers used for support, a strong, pointed, chisel shaped bill used for drilling holes in bark to get insects, and a long, protrusile tongue with a… … English World dictionary
Woodpecker — Taxobox name = Woodpeckers, piculets and wrynecks image caption = Hispaniolan Woodpecker regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves subclassis = Neornithes infraclassis = Neognathae superordo = Neoaves ordo = Piciformes subordo = Pici… … Wikipedia
woodpecker — /wood pek euhr/, n. any of numerous climbing birds of the family Picidae, having a hard, chisellike bill that it hammers repeatedly into wood in search of insects, stiff tail feathers to assist in climbing, and usually more or less boldly… … Universalium
woodpecker — UK [ˈwʊdˌpekə(r)] / US [ˈwʊdˌpekər] noun [countable] Word forms woodpecker : singular woodpecker plural woodpeckers a bird that makes holes in trees using its long narrow beak … English dictionary
woodpecker — [[t]w ʊdpekə(r)[/t]] woodpeckers N COUNT A woodpecker is a type of bird with a long sharp beak. Woodpeckers use their beaks to make holes in tree trunks … English dictionary
woodpecker — margieji geniai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Dendrocopos angl. woodpecker vok. Specht, m rus. дятел, m pranc. pic, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – kampeteros siauresnis terminas – arabinis margasis genys siauresnis… … Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas
Woodpecker hornbill — Woodpecker Wood peck er, n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to {Picus} and many allied genera of the family {Picid[ae]}. [1913 Webster] Note: These birds have the tail feathers pointed and rigid at the tip to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
