woodpecker

Noun

Meaning

Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to Picus and many allied genera of the family Picidae.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

carpenter neb joiner nib hornbill birdie barbet pecker flat peak bird beak flicker cock hen

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Antonyms

princess lower reduce decrease upset diminish

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Hypernyms

animal piciform bird

Hyponyms

redhead flicker sapsucker ivorybill ivory-billed woodpecker piculet

Phrases with the word

red-bellied woodpecker Gila woodpecker California woodpecker great slaty woodpecker pygmy woodpecker spotted woodpecker

Anagrams

peckerwood

Examples

If only, if only," the woodpecker sighs, "The bark on the tree was as soft as the skies." While the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely, Crying to the moo-oo-oon, "If only, If only. Louis Sachar

If builders built houses the way programmers built programs, the first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization. Gerald Weinberg

Up until college age I was using the typical little-boy dummy that sits on the knee and makes woodpecker jokes. My first original character didn't happen until later, and that was Jose the Jalapeno on a Stick. Jeff Dunham

I hated Woody Woodpecker and Scooby-Doo, but I was a cartoon freak. John Goodman

A woodpecker doesn't come to a living tree nor snake to a path of ants. Finnish Proverb

A murderous woodpecker jack hammering through your soft flesh into your woody bones is fuck awesome. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Woodnutt woodnymph woodpeck woodpeckerlike woodpigeon woodpile