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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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Flicker 76% connected

To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Piculet 76% connected

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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Redhead 76% connected

A person having red hair.

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Wryneck 76% connected

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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Pecker 92% connected

One who, or that which, pecks; specif., a bird that pecks holes in trees; a woodpecker.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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