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Etymology
[edit]From wood + pecker. Compare Middle English wod spek (“woodpecker”), Middle English wodehake (“woodpecker”), Middle English wodewale (“woodpecker”). Displaced speight.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) enPR: wo͝odʹpĕkər, IPA(key): /ˈwʊdpɛkə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) enPR: wo͝odʹpĕ'kər, IPA(key): /ˈwʊdˌpɛkɚ/
Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: wood‧peck‧er
Noun
[edit]woodpecker (plural woodpeckers)
- Any bird of species-rich family Picidae, with a strong pointed beak suitable for pecking holes in wood.
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 89:
- On its summit towered aloft the fir tree which has often been referred to, like a mighty mast, full of woodpeckers' holes.
- (military slang) The Type 92 heavy machine gun.
Synonyms
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[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
- African grey woodpecker (Dendropicos goertae)
- Andaman woodpecker (Dryocopus hodgei)
- Arabian woodpecker (Dendrocoptes dorae)
- ashy woodpecker (Mulleripicus fulvus)
- bamboo woodpecker (Gecinulus viridis)
- banded woodpecker, banded red woodpecker (Chrysophlegma miniaceum)
- barred woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor)
- bay woodpecker (Blythipicus pyrrhotis)
- bearded woodpecker (Chloropicus namaquus)
- beautiful woodpecker (Melanerpes pulcher)
- Bennett's woodpecker (Campethera bennettii)
- black-backed woodpecker
- black-cheeked woodpecker
- black-headed woodpecker
- black-necked woodpecker
- black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)
- blond-crested woodpecker
- bronze-winged woodpecker
- brown-capped pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus nanus)
- brown-capped woodpecker
- brown-eared woodpecker (Pardipicus caroli)
- buff-spotted woodpecker (Pardipicus nivosus)
- cactus woodpecker
- California woodpecker
- cardinal woodpecker
- checkered woodpecker
- chestnut-colored woodpecker
- chestnut woodpecker
- cinnamon woodpecker
- cream-backed woodpecker
- crimson-bellied woodpecker
- crimson-breasted woodpecker
- crimson-crested woodpecker (Campephilus melanoleucos)
- crimson-mantled woodpecker
- crimson-naped woodpecker (Dryobates cathpharius)
- crimson-winged woodpecker (Picus puniceus)
- Cuban green woodpecker
- Cuban ivory-billed woodpecker
- Darjeeling woodpecker
- downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)
- Elliot's woodpecker
- Eurasian three-toed woodpecker
- European green woodpecker
- European green woodpecker
- fine-spotted woodpecker (Campethera punctuligera)
- fire-bellied woodpecker
- fulvous-breasted woodpecker
- Gabon woodpecker
- Gila woodpecker
- golden-breasted woodpecker
- golden-fronted woodpecker
- golden-green woodpecker
- golden-olive woodpecker
- golden-tailed woodpecker (Campethera abingoni)
- golden-winged woodpecker
- gold-winged woodpecker
- greater spotted woodpecker
- great slaty woodpecker
- great spotted woodpecker
- green-barred woodpecker
- green woodpecker (Picus viridis)
- grey-capped pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus canicapillus)
- grey-crowned woodpecker
- grey-headed woodpecker
- ground woodpecker (Geocolaptes olivaceus)
- Guadeloupe woodpecker
- hairy woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus)
- helmeted woodpecker (Celeus galeatus)
- imperial woodpecker (Campephilus imperialis)
- ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis)
- Japanese green woodpecker
- Japanese pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus kizuki)
- Kaempfer's woodpecker
- ladder-backed woodpecker
- lesser spotted woodpecker
- Levaillant's woodpecker
- Lewis's woodpecker
- lineated woodpecker
- little grey woodpecker
- little spotted woodpecker (Campethera cailliautii)
- Magellanic woodpecker
- melancholy woodpecker (Dendropicos lugubris)
- middle spotted woodpecker
- Mombasa woodpecker
- mountain grey woodpecker
- northern sooty-woodpecker
- Nubian woodpecker
- Nuttall's woodpecker
- ochre-backed woodpecker
- Okinawa woodpecker
- olive-backed woodpecker
- olive woodpecker
- orange-backed woodpecker
- pale-billed woodpecker
- pale-crested woodpecker
- pale-headed woodpecker
- Philippine pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus maculatus)
- Philippine woodpecker
- Piaui woodpecker
- pied woodpecker
- pied yellow-fronted woodpecker
- pigeon woodpecker
- pileated woodpecker
- Puerto Rican woodpecker
- pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus spp.)
- red-bellied woodpecker
- red-cockaded woodpecker
- red-collared woodpecker
- red-crowned woodpecker
- red-headed woodpecker
- red-necked woodpecker
- red-rumped woodpecker
- red-stained woodpecker
- red-vented woodpecker (Melanerpes pygmaeus)
- ringed woodpecker
- robust woodpecker
- rufous-bellied woodpecker
- rufous-headed woodpecker
- rufous woodpecker
- Russian woodpecker
- Sarat woodpecker (Dendrocoptes dorae)
- scaly-bellied woodpecker
- scarlet-breasted woodpecker (Dryobates cathpharius)
- Sind woodpecker (Dendrocopos assimilis)
- smoky-brown woodpecker (Leuconotopicus fumigatus)
- speckle-throated woodpecker
- spotted woodpecker
- streak-throated woodpecker
- Strickland's woodpecker
- stripe-breasted woodpecker
- striped woodpecker
- Sulawesi pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus temminckii)
- Sulu pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus ramsayi)
- Sunda pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus moluccensis)
- Syrian woodpecker
- three-toed woodpecker (Picoides spp.)
- Tristram's woodpecker
- true woodpecker (Picinae spp.)
- waved woodpecker
- West indian woodpecker
- white-backed woodpecker
- white-bellied woodpecker
- white-headed woodpecker
- white-naped woodpecker (Chrysocolaptes festivus)
- white-spotted woodpecker
- white-throated woodpecker
- white woodpecker
- woodpeckerlike
- yellow-bellied woodpecker
- yellow-crested woodpecker
- yellow-eared woodpecker
- yellow-fronted woodpecker
- yellow-throated woodpecker
- yellow-tufted woodpecker
- Yucatan woodpecker (Melanerpes pygmaeus)
Translations
[edit]bird in Picinae
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