sapsucker

[sap-suhk-er]

sap·suck·er

[sap-suhk-er]
noun
any of several American woodpeckers of the genus Sphyrapicus that drill holes in maple, apple, hemlock, etc., drinking the sap and eating the insects that gather there.


Origin:
1795–1805, Americanism; sap1 + sucker
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sapsucker (ˈsæpˌsʌkə)
 
n
either of two North American woodpeckers, Sphyrapicus varius or S. thyroideus, that have white wing patches and feed on the sap from trees

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