woodpeckern.

Brit.

/ˈwʊdˌpɛkə/, U.S.

/ˈwʊdˌpɛkər/

Forms: Also 1600s -picker.

Etymology: < wood n.¹ + peck v.¹ + -er suffix¹. (Compare the Greek names δρυ(ο)κολάπτης, δρυοκόλαψ, δρυοκόπος, < δρῦς tree + κολάπτειν to peck, κοπ- to strike.)

a. A bird of the family Picidæ, esp. of the sub-family Picinæ, comprising very numerous genera and species found in most parts of the world; usually having variegated plumage of bright contrasted colours with various markings; characterized by their habit of pecking holes in the trunks and branches of trees.

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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [noun] > family Picidae > genus Picus (woodpecker)

woodhackc1440

woodwall1490

woodpecker1530

woodhacker1548

woodpeck1552

woodspite1555

woodspeckc1560

modwall1572

eat-bill1598

speck1601

tree-jobber1601

hecco1604

eat-bee1608

knag1639

French pie1783

pie1783

nicker-pecker1787

rind-tabberer1848

peckerwood1859

nickle1885

nicker1886

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 289/2 Woodpecker a byrde, espec.

1604 M. Drayton Owle sig. B4^v The Wood-pecker whose hardned beake hath..pearc'd the hart of many a sollid Oke.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 152 As the Wood-pecker, his long tongue doth lill Out of the clouen pipe of his hornie bill, To catch the Emmets.

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia v. 171 Numbers of small Birds..Wood-pickers.

1778 J. Carver Trav. N.-Amer. xviii. 471 The Woodpecker..is a very beautiful bird; there is one sort whose feathers are a mixture of various colours; and another that is brown all over the body, except the head and neck, which are of a fine red.

1806 T. Moore Epistles, Odes 286 I heard not a sound But the wood-pecker tapping the hollow beech-tree.

1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species vi. 184 In North America there are woodpeckers which feed largely on fruit.

1862 C. Darwin On Var. Contrivances Orchids Fertilised iii. 127 As a woodpecker..climbs up a tree in search of insects.

1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 191 Woodpeckers nest in holes in trees.

b. With defining words, denoting various species.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).

1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 86 Picus Martius..the great Wood-pecker.

1731 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina (1754) I. 21 Picus varius minor, ventre luteo. The yellow belly'd Wood-pecker.

1782 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. ii. 558 Red~necked woodpecker. The whole head and neck..are crimson.

1782 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. 591 Yellow Woodpecker..less than our green Woodpecker: being only nine inches in length..is common at Cayenne.

1782 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. ii. 569 Canadian Spotted Wood~pecker;..wing coverts and quills spotted with white.

1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. II. 310 The Black Woodpecker. This Woodpecker..lives on insects, which it catches on the bark of trees... It is able to pierce..hard trees, as the oak and hornbeam.

1808 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. I. 142 His tri-colored plumage..is so striking..that almost every child is acquainted with the Red-headed Woodpecker.

1884 Harper's Mag. Mar. 622/2 The golden-winged, and the yellow-bellied woodpeckers..are also with us.

1898 M. R. Audubon Audubon & his Jrnls. II. 51 Harris and Bell had gone shooting and returned with several birds, among which was a female Red-patched Woodpecker.

†2. Cant. At gaming, a bystander who encourages novices by putting up small stakes. Obsolete.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > decoy, etc.

woodpecker1608

puff1722

flasher1731

squib1731

stool-pigeon1830

roper1840

shill1916

stick1926

1608 T. Dekker Lanthorne & Candle-light sig. D2 He that winnes all, is the Eagle. He that stands by and Ventures, is the Woodpecker.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew

3. U.S. and Australian Military slang. A machine-gun.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > machine-gun

machine gun1867

woodpecker1898

put-put1905

M.G.1915

typewriter1915

chopper1929

rattlebox1929

Chicago typewriter1940

1898 J. H. Parker Hist. Gatling Gun Detachment vii. 127 Goin' to let the woodpeckers go off?

1932 J. Dos Passos 1919 410 The shrill bullets combing the air and the sorehead woodpeckers the machineguns mud cooties gasmasks and the itch.

1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. viii. 157 Woodpecker, a Japanese .77 machine-gun.

1945 Yank 27 July 7 The Japs opened up with what sounded like dual-purpose 75s, 20-mm pompoms and woodpeckers.

1976 G. Markham Japanese Infantry Weapons World War Two 41 The popular Taishō 3rd year type machine-gun..was introduced in 1914. Its peculiar stuttering fire earned the gun the Australian nickname of ‘woodpecker’ (or ‘woodchopper’).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	woodpecker
释义	woodpeckern. Brit. /ˈwʊdˌpɛkə/, U.S. /ˈwʊdˌpɛkər/ Forms: Also 1600s -picker. Etymology: < wood n.¹ + peck v.¹ + -er suffix¹. (Compare the Greek names δρυ(ο)κολάπτης, δρυοκόλαψ, δρυοκόπος, < δρῦς tree + κολάπτειν to peck, κοπ- to strike.) 1. a. A bird of the family Picidæ, esp. of the sub-family Picinæ, comprising very numerous genera and species found in most parts of the world; usually having variegated plumage of bright contrasted colours with various markings; characterized by their habit of pecking holes in the trunks and branches of trees. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [noun] > family Picidae > genus Picus (woodpecker) woodhackc1440 woodwall1490 woodpecker1530 woodhacker1548 woodpeck1552 woodspite1555 woodspeckc1560 modwall1572 eat-bill1598 speck1601 tree-jobber1601 hecco1604 eat-bee1608 knag1639 French pie1783 pie1783 nicker-pecker1787 rind-tabberer1848 peckerwood1859 nickle1885 nicker1886 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 289/2 Woodpecker a byrde, espec. 1604 M. Drayton Owle sig. B4^v The Wood-pecker whose hardned beake hath..pearc'd the hart of many a sollid Oke. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 152 As the Wood-pecker, his long tongue doth lill Out of the clouen pipe of his hornie bill, To catch the Emmets. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia v. 171 Numbers of small Birds..Wood-pickers. 1778 J. Carver Trav. N.-Amer. xviii. 471 The Woodpecker..is a very beautiful bird; there is one sort whose feathers are a mixture of various colours; and another that is brown all over the body, except the head and neck, which are of a fine red. 1806 T. Moore Epistles, Odes 286 I heard not a sound But the wood-pecker tapping the hollow beech-tree. 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species vi. 184 In North America there are woodpeckers which feed largely on fruit. 1862 C. Darwin On Var. Contrivances Orchids Fertilised iii. 127 As a woodpecker..climbs up a tree in search of insects. 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 191 Woodpeckers nest in holes in trees. b. With defining words, denoting various species.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). Π 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 86 Picus Martius..the great Wood-pecker. 1731 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina (1754) I. 21 Picus varius minor, ventre luteo. The yellow belly'd Wood-pecker. 1782 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. ii. 558 Red~necked woodpecker. The whole head and neck..are crimson. 1782 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. 591 Yellow Woodpecker..less than our green Woodpecker: being only nine inches in length..is common at Cayenne. 1782 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. ii. 569 Canadian Spotted Wood~pecker;..wing coverts and quills spotted with white. 1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. II. 310 The Black Woodpecker. This Woodpecker..lives on insects, which it catches on the bark of trees... It is able to pierce..hard trees, as the oak and hornbeam. 1808 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. I. 142 His tri-colored plumage..is so striking..that almost every child is acquainted with the Red-headed Woodpecker. 1884 Harper's Mag. Mar. 622/2 The golden-winged, and the yellow-bellied woodpeckers..are also with us. 1898 M. R. Audubon Audubon & his Jrnls. II. 51 Harris and Bell had gone shooting and returned with several birds, among which was a female Red-patched Woodpecker. †2. Cant. At gaming, a bystander who encourages novices by putting up small stakes. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > decoy, etc. woodpecker1608 puff1722 flasher1731 squib1731 stool-pigeon1830 roper1840 shill1916 stick1926 1608 T. Dekker Lanthorne & Candle-light sig. D2 He that winnes all, is the Eagle. He that stands by and Ventures, is the Woodpecker. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew 3. U.S. and Australian Military slang. A machine-gun. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > machine-gun machine gun1867 woodpecker1898 put-put1905 M.G.1915 typewriter1915 chopper1929 rattlebox1929 Chicago typewriter1940 1898 J. H. Parker Hist. Gatling Gun Detachment vii. 127 Goin' to let the woodpeckers go off? 1932 J. Dos Passos 1919 410 The shrill bullets combing the air and the sorehead woodpeckers the machineguns mud cooties gasmasks and the itch. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. viii. 157 Woodpecker, a Japanese .77 machine-gun. 1945 Yank 27 July 7 The Japs opened up with what sounded like dual-purpose 75s, 20-mm pompoms and woodpeckers. 1976 G. Markham Japanese Infantry Weapons World War Two 41 The popular Taishō 3rd year type machine-gun..was introduced in 1914. Its peculiar stuttering fire earned the gun the Australian nickname of ‘woodpecker’ (or ‘woodchopper’). 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