单词 | red-bellied woodpecker |
释义 | > as lemmasred-bellied woodpecker red-bellied woodpecker n. either of two American woodpeckers of the genus Melanerpes, having a red head and a reddish belly; esp. M. carolinus, which is common in the eastern United States. ΚΠ 1731 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 427 Picus ventre rubro, the Red-bellied Woodpecker. 1872 Amer. Naturalist 6 264 The red-headed and red-bellied woodpeckers..revelled among the grand old elms and cottonwoods. 1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. II. 161/2 The Red-bellied Woodpecker..evinces a decided taste for fruit. 1997 Wilson Bull. 109 614 Red-bellied Woodpeckers (Melanerpes carolinus) were the most abundant and widespread species. < as lemmas |
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