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 Definitions of Woodpecker  [ˈwʊdˌpɛk ər]  

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Definition of 'Woodpecker' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) woodpecker
any of numerous climbing birds of the family Picidae, of nearly worldwide distribution, having a chisellike bill that is hammered repeatedly into wood in search of insects and stiff tail feathers that assist in climbing: often boldy patterned.

Etymology:  (1520–30)

Definition of 'Woodpecker' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) woodpecker, peckerwood, pecker
bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects


Definition of 'Woodpecker' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) woodpecker
a bird that pecks into tree trunks for insects
a woodpecker's nest


Definition of 'Woodpecker' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Woodpecker
any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to Picus and many allied genera of the family Picidae


Translation of 'Woodpecker' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a type of bird which pecks holes in the bark of trees, searching for insects.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: houtkapper Arabic flag Arabic: نَقّار الخَشَب Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: кълвач
Brazilian flag Brazilian: pica-pau Czech flag Czech: datel German flag German: der Specht
Danish flag Danish: spætte Greek flag Greek: δρυοκολάπτης Spanish flag Spanish: pájaro carpintero
Estonian flag Estonian: rähn Farsi flag Farsi: دارکوب Finnish flag Finnish: tikka
French flag French: pic Hebrew flag Hebrew: נָקַר Hindi flag Hindi: कठफोड़वा
Croatian flag Croatian: djetlić Hungarian flag Hungarian: harkály Indonesian flag Indonesian: burung pelatuk
Icelandic flag Icelandic: spæta Italian flag Italian: picchio Japanese flag Japanese: きつつき
Korean flag Korean: 딱따구리 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: genys Latvian flag Latvian: dzenis
Malay flag Malay: burung belatuk Dutch flag Dutch: specht Norwegian flag Norwegian: hakkespett
Polish flag Polish: dzięcioł Persian flag Persian: دارکوب Pashto flag Pashto: رتكاڼك، ټكټكى، وړه مرغۍ د
Portuguese flag Portuguese: pica-pau Romanian flag Romanian: ciocănitoare Russian flag Russian: дятел
Slovak flag Slovak: ďateľ Slovenian flag Slovenian: detel Serbian flag Serbian: detlić
Swedish flag Swedish: hackspett Thai flag Thai: นกหัวขวาน Turkish flag Turkish: ağaçkakan
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 啄木鳥 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: дятел Urdu flag Urdu: ہد ہد
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chim gõ kiến Chinese flag Chinese: 啄木鸟

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'Woodpecker' - Nearby Entries  

wood mouse  wood nettle  wood nymph  wood pewee  wood pigeon  woodpecker  woodpile  



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