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Woodpecker
Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to Picus and many allied genera of the family Picidae.
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Narrower term 4
To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.
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Any species of very small woodpeckers of the genus Picumnus and allied genera. Their tail feathers are not stiff and sharp at the tips, as in ordinar…
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A person having red hair.
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A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles of the neck; torticollis.
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Synonym 1
One who, or that which, pecks; specif., a bird that pecks holes in trees; a woodpecker.
oewn 2023
68% interchangeable
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