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Noun: woodpecker  'wûd,pe-ku(r)
  1. Bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects
    - peckerwood [US], pecker

Derived forms: woodpeckers

Type of: piciform bird

Part of: family Picidae, Picidae

Encyclopedia: Woodpecker

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woodiness
woodland
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woodland oxeye
woodland star
woodland white violet
woodlet
woodlot
woodlouse
woodman
woodpecker
woodpile
wood-rat
Woodrow Charles Herman
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson Guthrie
woodruff
woods
Wood's alloy
Wood's metal
woodscrew