| 单词 | green woodpecker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreen woodpecker green woodpecker n. a large Eurasian woodpecker, Picus viridis, which has green upperparts, a red crown, and a loud laughing call, and feeds chiefly on ants on the ground. ΚΠ 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 86 Picus viridis..the Hickwall, Witwall, or Green-Wood-pecker. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 249 The Green Wood-spite or Wood-pecker is called the Rain-Fowl in some parts of the country. 1843 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Birds II. 136 The Green Woodpecker..[is] said to be vociferous when rain is impending. 1941 Ld. Alanbrooke Diary 5 July in War Diaries (2001) 169 Discovered wryneck nesting in green woodpecker nesting box. 2003 Org. Gardening Sept. 28/2 Green woodpeckers hoover up ants on the lawn. green 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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