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hickwall

[ hik-wawl ]

noun

, British Dialect.
  1. any of certain European woodpeckers, especially the green woodpecker.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hickwall1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English hygh-whele, imitative of the sound

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