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woodpecker
CIDE DICTIONARY
woodpecker, n.
Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to Picus and many allied genera of the family Picidæ . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
woodpecker, n. any bird of the family Picidae that climbs and taps tree-trunks in search of insects.
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