American English pronunciation

How to pronounce woodpecker

IPA transcription: ['wʊd,pɛkɚ]

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Noun

  • bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects

Usage examples

  • His name is a parody of Woody Woodpecker.
  • Among the birds, condors, eagles, hawks and woodpeckers can be found here.
  • The adult male grey woodpecker has a red crown.
  • This species is known in older field guides as a subspecies of Strickland's woodpecker.
  • The team was then known as the "Woodville Woodpeckers".
  • This woodpecker's voice is a rolling "churr" sound.
  • He became also an ornithologist and developed into an expert on woodpeckers.
  • Woodpecker finches occur widely in the Galapagos Islands, from sea level to high elevations.
  • The Nubian woodpecker is in length seven inches and a half.