red-headed woodpecker
noun
A North American woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus, which has a bright red head, neck, and throat, with the rest of the plumage black and white.
Origin
Early 18th century; earliest use found in Mark Catesby (1683–1749), naturalist.
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