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woodpecker
\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun
: any of numerous birds of the family Picidae that have zygodactyl feet, stiff spiny tail feathers used in climbing or resting on tree trunks, a usually extensile tongue, a very hard bill used to drill the bark or wood of trees for insect food or to excavate nesting cavities, and generally parti-colored usually strongly contrasted black, white, brown, green, yellow, orange, and red plumage in varying proportions — see california woodpecker, downy woodpecker, flicker, great spotted woodpecker, green woodpecker, hairy woodpecker, imperial woodpecker, ivory-billed woodpecker, piculet, pileated woodpecker, redheaded woodpecker, sapsucker, three-toed woodpecker, wryneck |