pecker

English Thesaurus

1. horny projecting mouth of a bird (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mouth,
definition	:	the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening (noun.body)

hyponym	:	cere,
definition	:	the fleshy, waxy covering at the base of the upper beak of some birds (noun.animal)

part meronym	:	bird,
definition	:	warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (noun.animal)

2. bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	piciform bird,
definition	:	any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	green woodpecker, picus viridis,
definition	:	woodpecker of Europe and western Asia (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	downy woodpecker,
definition	:	small North American woodpecker with black and white plumage and a small bill (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	flicker,
definition	:	North American woodpecker (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	campephilus principalis, ivory-billed woodpecker, ivorybill,
definition	:	large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill; nearly extinct (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	melanerpes erythrocephalus, redhead, redheaded woodpecker,
definition	:	black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	sapsucker,
definition	:	small American woodpecker that feeds on sap from e.g. apple and maple trees (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	wryneck,
definition	:	Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	piculet,
definition	:	small woodpeckers of South America and Africa and East Indies having soft rounded tail feathers (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family picidae, picidae,
definition	:	woodpeckers (noun.animal)

3. obscene terms for penis (noun.body)

hypernym	:	member, penis, phallus,
definition	:	the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism) (noun.body)

domain usage	:	dirty word, filth, obscenity, smut, vulgarism,
definition	:	an offensive or indecent word or phrase (noun.communication)

4. horny projecting mouth of a bird (noun.animal)

derivation	:	peck, pick up,
definition	:	eat by pecking at, like a bird (verb.consumption)

derivation	:	beak, peck, pick,
definition	:	hit lightly with a picking motion (verb.contact)

derivation	:	peck, pick up,
definition	:	eat by pecking at, like a bird (verb.consumption)

derivation	:	beak, peck, pick,
definition	:	hit lightly with a picking motion (verb.contact)