sapsucker

English Thesaurus

1. small American woodpecker that feeds on sap from e.g. apple and maple trees (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	pecker, peckerwood, woodpecker,
definition	:	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)

hyponym	:	sphyrapicus varius, yellow-bellied sapsucker,
definition	:	eastern North American sapsucker having a pale yellow abdomen (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	red-breasted sapsucker, sphyrapicus varius ruber,
definition	:	western North American sapsucker (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus sphyrapicus, sphyrapicus,
definition	:	a genus of Picidae (noun.animal)