| 单词 | spotted woodpecker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspotted woodpecker spotted woodpecker n. any of several woodpeckers with black and white spotted plumage; (now) spec. a member of the Eurasian genus Dendrocopos, esp. the common D. major; = great spotted woodpecker n. at great adj., n., adv., and int. Compounds 1g; usually with distinguishing word.In quot. 1782: the hairy woodpecker, Picoides villosus. ΚΠ 1673 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 84 The greater spotted Wood-pecker or Hickwall; Picus varius major. 1782 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. ii. 569 Canadian Spotted Woodpecker;..wing coverts and quills spotted with white. 1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. (at cited word) The Spotted Woodpecker is less frequent in England than the Green. 1848 Zoologist 6 2191 The greater and lesser spotted woodpecker..are known by the most appropriate name of ‘pump-borer’. 1950 A. W. Boyd Coward's Birds Brit. Isles (rev. ed.) I. 390 Middle Spotted Woodpecker, Dryobates medius... Pennant's Lancashire record cannot be considered satisfactory. 2010 Guardian 27 Mar. 16/5 Traditional orchards supported a range of flora and fauna, including rare and threatened species such as..the lesser spotted woodpecker. < as lemmas |
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