- hairy woodpecker
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a North American woodpecker, Picoides villosus, resembling but larger than the downy woodpecker.[1720-30, Amer.]
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Hairy Woodpecker — Male of an eastern race, probably septentrionalis Conservation status … Wikipedia
hairy woodpecker — noun : a common No. American woodpecker (Dendrocopos villosus) closely resembling but larger than the downy woodpecker * * * a North American woodpecker, Picoides villosus, resembling but larger than the downy woodpecker. [1720 30, Amer.] * * *… … Useful english dictionary
hairy woodpecker — plaukuotasis genys statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Dendrocopos villosus; Picoides villosus angl. hairy woodpecker vok. Haarspecht, m rus. волосатый дятел, m pranc. pic chevelu, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – dėmėtieji… … Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas
hairy woodpecker — noun Date: circa 1728 a common North American woodpecker (Picoides villosus) closely resembling the downy woodpecker but larger with a longer bill … New Collegiate Dictionary
Woodpecker — Wood peck er, n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to {Picus} and many allied genera of the family {Picid[ae]}. [1913 Webster] Note: These birds have the tail feathers pointed and rigid at the tip to aid in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Woodpecker hornbill — Woodpecker Wood peck er, n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to {Picus} and many allied genera of the family {Picid[ae]}. [1913 Webster] Note: These birds have the tail feathers pointed and rigid at the tip to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
woodpecker — /wood pek euhr/, n. any of numerous climbing birds of the family Picidae, having a hard, chisellike bill that it hammers repeatedly into wood in search of insects, stiff tail feathers to assist in climbing, and usually more or less boldly… … Universalium
woodpecker — (Roget s IV) n. Types of woodpeckers include: green, spotted, red headed, white headed, pileated, ivory billed, California, golden winged, Nuttall s, hairy, downy; flicker, red shafted flicker, log cock, yaffle, North American sapsucker; see also … English dictionary for students
Downy Woodpecker — Male Conservation status … Wikipedia
Downy woodpecker — Down y wood peck*er ( [y^]), n. (Zool.) A small black and white ladder backed woodpecker ({Picoides pubescens}) of Central and Eastern U. S. and Canada. It strongly resembles the hairy woodpecker, but is smaller (6 1/2 ), compared with about 9… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
