| 单词 | greater spotted woodpecker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreater spotted woodpecker greater spotted woodpecker n. = great spotted woodpecker n. at great adj., n., adv., and int. Compounds 1g. ΚΠ 1673 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 84 The greater spotted Wood-pecker or Hickwall; Picus varius major. 1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. 587 Rayed W[oodpecker]. This is a little bigger than the greater spotted Woodpecker. 1840 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds III. 80 Greater spotted woodpecker..wood-pie, French-pie. 1991 Bird Watching June 63/3 Ayton Castle CBC plot had two greater spotted woodpeckers drumming. greater spotted woodpecker The three British species are the green woodpecker ( Gecinus viridis), the pied woodpecker or greater spotted woodpecker ( Dendrocopus major), and the barred woodpecker or lesser spotted woodpecker ( D. minor). Others are the great black woodpecker (Picus or Dryocopus martius) of the northern parts of Europe and Asia, and many North American species, as the downy woodpecker (Picus or Dendrocopus pubescens), the golden-winged woodpecker ( Colaptes auratus), the hairy woodpecker (Picus or Dendrocopus villosus), the pileated woodpecker (Hylotomus or Dryotomus pileatus) etc. Several of these are locally known by special names, as flicker n.1, hickwall n., ivory-bill n. at ivory n. Compounds 3, log-cock n. at log n.1 Compounds 2, popinjay n., sap-sucker n. at sap n.1 Compounds 2, witwall n., woodspite n., yaffle n.1, etc. (see these words).extracted from woodpeckern.< as lemmas |
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