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woodpecker
[ wood-pek-er ]
noun
- any of numerous climbing birds of the family Picidae, having a hard, chisel-like bill that it hammers repeatedly into wood in search of insects, stiff tail feathers to assist in climbing, and usually more or less boldly patterned plumage.
woodpecker
/ ˈwʊdˌpɛkə /
noun
- any climbing bird of the family Picidae, typically having a brightly coloured plumage and strong chisel-like bill with which they bore into trees for insects: order Piciformes
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The Texas native blasted the crew for being “hard as woodpecker lips.”
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Centurus aurifrons dubius (Cabot): Golden-fronted Woodpecker.
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Parvulorum, the wodewale is identified with the wodehake, woodpecker; whilst Hexham explains Du.
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The birds were singing, black squirrels were jumping from bough to bough, and they could hear the tapping of the woodpecker.
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As it passed out of the chimney, the soot left those long streaks of black which we see now on the woodpecker's back.
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In the summer, they fished and swam in Singing River, and they shot their arrows into chipmunk and woodpecker holes.
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