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woodpecker 音標拼音: [w'ʊdp ,ɛkɚ] n. 啄木鳥 啄木鳥 woodpecker n 1: bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel- like bill for boring into wood for insects [ synonym: { woodpecker}, { peckerwood}, { pecker}] Woodpecker \ Wood" peck` er\, n. ( Zool.) Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to { Picus} and many allied genera of the family { Picidae}. [ 1913 Webster] Note: These birds have the tail feathers pointed and rigid at the tip to aid in climbing, and a strong chisellike bill with which they are able to drill holes in the bark and wood of trees in search of insect larvae upon which most of the species feed. A few species feed partly upon the sap of trees ( see { Sap sucker}, under { Sap}), others spend a portion of their time on the ground in search of ants and other insects. [ 1913 Webster] The most common European species are the greater spotted woodpecker ({ Dendrocopus major}), the lesser spotted woodpecker ({ Dendrocopus minor}), and the green woodpecker, or yaffle ( see { Yaffle}). [ 1913 Webster] The best- known American species are the pileated woodpecker ( see under { Pileated}), the ivory- billed woodpecker ({ Campephilus principalis}), which is one of the largest known species, the red- headed woodpecker, or red- head ({ Melanerpes erythrocephalus}), the red- bellied woodpecker ({ Melanerpes Carolinus}) ( see { Chab}), the superciliary woodpecker ({ Melanerpes superciliaris}), the hairy woodpecker ({ Dryobates villosus}), the downy woodpecker ({ Dryobates pubescens}), the three- toed, woodpecker ({ Picoides Americanus}), the golden- winged woodpecker ( see { Flicker}), and the sap suckers. See also { Carpintero}. [ 1913 Webster] { Woodpecker hornbill} ( Zool.), a black and white Asiatic hornbill ({ Buceros pica}) which resembles a woodpecker in color. [ 1913 Webster]
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