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Definition of woodpecker : Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to Picus and many allied genera of the family Picidae.

Synonyms:

nib, peckerwood, beak, dick, white-headed, California, hairy, prick, red-headed, shaft, red-shafted flicker, neb, downy flicker, peter, bill, ivory-billed, golden-winged, North American sapsucker, pileated, spotted, log-cock, putz, yaffle, cock, tool, pecker

goose, ringtail, sheldrake, crested jay, starling, penguin, yellowbird, pelican, bluebill, crane, barn owl, condor, tit, lark, rook, blackbird, partridge, egret, stork, crow, ibis, duck, bird, mallard, heron, nuthatch, teal, parakeet, grouse, swan, road runner, owl, turtledove, loon, hummingbird, parrot, wren, tern, bittern, peregrine, mourning dove, harrier, dove, horned owl, kingfisher, canary, sandpiper, weaver, gull, peacock, mockingbird, osprey, thrush, cormorant, eagle, cuckoo, waxwing, ostrich, grosbeak, cockatoo, jackdaw, cardinal, dodo, chickadee, goldfinch, sea gull, oriole, pigeon, coot, swift, quetzal, falcon, hawk, grackle, nightingale, redbird, booby, vulture, spoonbill, robin, Canada goose, blue jay, myna, squab, bluebird, redwing, lovebird, swallow, plover, curlew, bald eagle, macaw, emu, cassowary, puffin, turkey, flamingo, magpie, pheasant, songbird, finch, jay, buzzard, bullfinch, sparrow, snipe, albatross, raven

Usage examples:

• I stood for a while beside the pool, with a woodpecker laughing in the holt, to watch the long roofs and huddled chimneys rise above the white- flowered orchard. - "The Silent Isle", Arthur Christopher Benson.
• Only rarely does he adopt the woodpecker process of partly flitting, partly rocking his way with the help of his tail straight up one side of the tree. - "Bird-Neighbors", Blanchan, Neltje.
• Again the black giant appeared, and looked very merry whilst he brought out his tray and put upon it a sparrow, a dove, and a woodpecker, saying, My old man! - "Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbians", Woislav M. Petrovitch.