downy woodpecker

downy woodpecker

n. A North American woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) having a small bill and black wings with white spots.

down′y wood′pecker

n. a small black-and-white North American woodpecker, Picoides pubescens: males have a red head patch. [1800–10, Amer.]

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Noun

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downy woodpecker - small North American woodpecker with black and white plumage and a small billpeckerwood, woodpecker, pecker - bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects