Meaning Of The Word Woodpecker

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woodpecker
countable noun: A woodpecker is a type of bird with a long sharp beak. Woodpeckers use their beaks to make holes in tree trunks.

woodpecker in American English
any of a family (Picidae) of piciform birds distinguished by stiff tail feathers used for support, a strong, pointed, chisel-shaped bill used for drilling holes in bark to get insects, and a long, protrusile tongue with a spearlike tip
noun: any of numerous climbing birds of the family Picidae, having a hard, chisellike bill that it hammers repeatedly into wood in search of insects, stiff tail feathers to assist in climbing, and usually more or less boldly patterned plumage

woodpecker in British English
noun: any climbing bird of the family Picidae, typically having a brightly coloured plumage and strong chisel-like bill with which they bore into trees for insects: order Piciformes

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