单词 | great spotted woodpecker |
释义 | > as lemmasgreat spotted woodpecker great spotted woodpecker n. [compare earlier greater spotted woodpecker n. at greater adj., adv., and n. Compounds 3] a common Eurasian woodpecker, Dendrocopos major, with predominantly black and white plumage; also called greater spotted woodpecker, pied woodpecker. ΚΠ 1738 E. Albin Nat. Hist. Birds Index Woodpecker (Great-Spotted). 1841 P. J. Selby in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 1 253 Of the Scansorial tribe, the Picus major (great spotted woodpecker) is the only species. 1974 W. Condry Woodlands v. 62 The great spotted woodpecker..is..better adapted to survive than its relative the green woodpecker. 2008 Independent 12 Mar. (Property section) 4/2 There are blackbirds.., goldfinches and greenfinches all singing away, and occasionally a male great spotted woodpecker drumming. < as lemmas |
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