| 单词 | woodpecker |
| 释义 | woodpecker (once / 2506 pages) n WORD FAMILY woodpecker: woodpeckers USAGE EXAMPLESDeep coos of mourning doves, soprano trills of mockingbirds, rat-a-tat-tats of a woodpecker greet him. Washington Times(Nov 21, 2016) Nothing happened at first, but then a female red-cockaded woodpecker suddenly appeared, and she immediately flew away. Washington Times(Nov 20, 2016) During election season, everyone can relate to woodpeckers: We all feel like banging our heads against the wall. National Geographic(Nov 05, 2016) n bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects Syn|Hypo|Hyper pecker, peckerwood Picus viridis, green woodpecker woodpecker of Europe and western Asia downy woodpeckersmall North American woodpecker with black and white plumage and a small bill flickerNorth American woodpecker Campephilus principalis, ivory-billed woodpecker, ivorybilllarge black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill; nearly extinct Melanerpes erythrocephalus, redhead, redheaded woodpeckerblack-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck sapsuckersmall American woodpecker that feeds on sap from e.g. apple and maple trees wryneckOld World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck piculetsmall woodpeckers of South America and Africa and East Indies having soft rounded tail feathers Colaptes auratus, yellow-shafted flicker, yellowhammerlarge flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail Colaptes chrysoides, gilded flickersouthwestern United States bird like the yellow-shafted flicker but lacking the red neck Colaptes caper collaris, red-shafted flickerwestern United States bird with red undersurface to wings and tail Sphyrapicus varius, yellow-bellied sapsuckereastern North American sapsucker having a pale yellow abdomen Sphyrapicus varius ruber, red-breasted sapsuckerwestern North American sapsucker piciform bird any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood |
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