woodpecker
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ər noun
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 patterned plumage.
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| 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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Example sentences
Some other possibilities: the ball could have been pecked open by a woodpecker or chickadee or parasitized by a wasp.
Although a relatively infrequent problem nationwide, woodpecker damage to homes and outbuildings can be significant in our region.
Two groups say the ivory-billed woodpecker is extinct.
They listened, face-to-face, their ears over woodpecker holes in the trunk.
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