| 单词 | black woodpecker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblack woodpecker black woodpecker n. any of various woodpeckers with predominantly black plumage; esp. (a) the large Dryocopus martius of northern Eurasia (also called great black woodpecker); (b) North American the pileated woodpecker, D. pileatus; frequently with distinguishing word. ΚΠ 1740 E. Albin Suppl. Nat. Hist. Birds 22 The lesser black Woodpecker... This Bird I had from a Gentleman very curious in Birds, &c. he told me it came from New England. 1806 M. Lewis Jrnl. 27 May in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1991) VII. 293 The Black woodpecker..is found in most parts of the rocky Mountains. 1877 Jerdon's Birds India (new ed.) I. 271 Picus cathpharius... The lesser black woodpecker. 1922 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45 298 There were ants in five of the six stomachs examined of the great black woodpecker; often in abundance. 2006 Bird Watching Aug. 13/2 Nutcracker, Wallcreeper, Alpine Swift and Black Woodpecker can be seen, not far from Dracula's Castle itself! < as lemmas |
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