woodpecker (n)
peckerwood (n)
pecker (n)

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type n
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def bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects
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Hypernym piciform bird
Member holonym Picidae, family Picidae
Hyponym green woodpecker, Picus viridis; downy woodpecker; flicker; ivorybill, ivory-billed woodpecker, Campephilus principalis; redheaded woodpecker, redhead, Melanerpes erythrocephalus; sapsucker; wryneck; piculet
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Hyponym piciform bird
Member meronym Picidae, family Picidae
Hypernym green woodpecker, Picus viridis; downy woodpecker; flicker; ivorybill, ivory-billed woodpecker, Campephilus principalis; redheaded woodpecker, redhead, Melanerpes erythrocephalus; sapsucker; wryneck; piculet

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