peckerwood
English Thesaurus
1. 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 | : | 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 | : | 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) |
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