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wood·peck·er

(wo͝od′pĕk′ər)

Any of various birds of the family Picidae, having strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for clinging to and climbing trees and a chisellike bill for drilling through bark and wood.

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woodpecker

(ˈwʊdˌpɛkə)

(Animals) any climbing bird of the family Picidae, typically having a brightly coloured plumage and strong chisel-like bill with which they bore into trees for insects: order Piciformes

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

wood•peck•er

(ˈwʊdˌpɛk ər)

n.

any of numerous climbing birds of the family Picidae, of nearly worldwide distribution, having a chisellike bill that is hammered repeatedly into wood in search of insects and stiff tail feathers that assist in climbing: often boldy patterned.

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Noun

woodpecker - bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects

peckerwood, pecker

piciform bird - any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood

family Picidae, Picidae - woodpeckers

green woodpecker, Picus viridis - woodpecker of Europe and western Asia

downy woodpecker - small North American woodpecker with black and white plumage and a small bill

flicker - North American woodpecker

Campephilus principalis, ivorybill, ivory-billed woodpecker - large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill; nearly extinct

Melanerpes erythrocephalus, redheaded woodpecker, redhead - black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck

sapsucker - small American woodpecker that feeds on sap from e.g. apple and maple trees

wryneck - Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck

piculet - small woodpeckers of South America and Africa and East Indies having soft rounded tail feathers

Translations

نَقّار الخَشَب

кълвач

spætte

Specht

pego

pájaro carpinteropito

rähn

دارکوب

tikka

pic pivert

djetaožuna

harkályfakopáncs

burung pelatuk

spæta

picchio

picus

hakkespett

dzięcioł

ciocănitoareghionoaie

дятел

ďateľ

ağaçkakan

дятел

啄木鸟

woodpecker

[ˈwʊdˌpekəʳ] N → pájaro m carpintero
green woodpecker → pito m real
lesser spotted woodpecker → pico m menor

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

woodpecker

[ˈwʊdpɛkə^r] n → pic m (oiseau)wood pigeon n → pigeon m ramier, ramier m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

woodpecker

[ˈwʊdˌpɛkəʳ] n → picchio

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

wood

(wud) noun

1. (also adjective) (of) the material of which the trunk and branches of trees are composed. My desk is (made of) wood; She gathered some wood for the fire; I like the smell of a wood fire.

2. (often in plural) a group of growing trees. They went for a walk in the woods.

3. a golf-club whose head is made of wood.

ˈwooded adjective

(of land) covered with trees. a wooded hillside.

ˈwooden adjective

made of wood. three wooden chairs.

ˈwoody adjective

1. covered with trees. woody countryside.

2. (of a smell etc) of or like wood.

ˈwood carving noun

the art of carving wood.

ˈwoodcut noun

a print made by pressing a block of wood with design cut on it onto paper.

ˈwoodcutter noun

a person whose job is felling trees.

ˈwoodland noun

land covered with woods. a stretch of woodland.

ˈwoodlouse – plural ˈwoodlice – noun

a tiny creature with a jointed shell, found under stones etc.

ˈwoodpecker noun

a type of bird which pecks holes in the bark of trees, searching for insects.

ˈwood pulp noun

pulp from wood that can be used for making paper.

ˈwoodwind (-wind) noun

(in an orchestra, the group of people who play) wind instruments made of wood.

ˈwoodwork noun

1. the art of making things from wood; carpentry. He did woodwork at school.

2. the wooden part of any structure. The woodwork in the house is rotting.

ˈwoodworm – plurals ˈwoodworm, ~woodworms – noun

the larva of a certain type of beetle, which bores into wood and destroys it.

out of the wood(s)

out of danger.

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