单词 | lesser spotted woodpecker |
释义 | > as lemmaslesser spotted woodpecker lesser spotted woodpecker n. a common Eurasian woodpecker, Dendrocopos minor, having predominantly white and black plumage and (in the male) a scarlet crown; also called barred woodpecker.Cf. less adj. 1d. ΚΠ 1673 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 84 The lesser spotted Wood-pecker or Witwal: Picus varius minor. 1855 York Herald 7 Apr. 7/2 Mr. Graham exhibited a specimen of the lesser spotted woodpecker, shot near Pocklington. 1924 H. A. Gilbert & A. Brook Secrets Bird Life vi. 147 The lesser spotted woodpecker is black and white like the greater, but is very much smaller. 2002 Times 13 Mar. (Business section) 34/1 Lesser spotted woodpeckers drum more quickly and quietly; the sound sometimes resembles the creaking of a bough. lesser 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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