woodpecker

English

A black woodpecker

Etymology

From wood +‎ pecker. Compare Middle English wod spek (“woodpecker”), Middle English wodehake (“woodpecker”), Middle English wodewale (“woodpecker”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: wo͝odʹpĕkər, IPA^(key): /ˈwʊdpɛkə/

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• (US) enPR: wo͝odʹpĕ'kər, IPA^(key): /ˈwʊdˌpɛkɚ/

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• Hyphenation: wood‧peck‧er

Noun

woodpecker (plural woodpeckers)

1. Any bird of species-rich family Picidae, with a strong pointed beak suitable for pecking holes in wood.
   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 89:

     On its summit towered aloft the fir tree which has often been referred to, like a mighty mast, full of woodpeckers' holes.

2. (military slang) Type 92 heavy machine gun

Synonyms

• speight, spight

Hypernyms

• picid

Hyponyms

• flicker

Derived terms

• acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
• African grey woodpecker (Dendropicos goertae)
• Andaman woodpecker (Dryocopus hodgei)
• Arabian woodpecker (Dendrocoptes dorae)
• ashy woodpecker (Mulleripicus fulvus)
• bamboo woodpecker (Gecinulus viridis)
• banded woodpecker, banded red woodpecker (Chrysophlegma miniaceum)
• barred woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor)
• bay woodpecker (Blythipicus pyrrhotis)
• bearded woodpecker (Chloropicus namaquus)
• beautiful woodpecker (Melanerpes pulcher)
• Bennett's woodpecker (Campethera bennettii)
• black-backed woodpecker
• black-cheeked woodpecker
• black-headed woodpecker
• black-necked woodpecker
• black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)
• blond-crested woodpecker
• bronze-winged woodpecker
• brown-capped pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus nanus)
• brown-capped woodpecker
• brown-eared woodpecker (Pardipicus caroli)
• buff-spotted woodpecker (Pardipicus nivosus)
• cactus woodpecker
• California woodpecker
• cardinal woodpecker
• checkered woodpecker
• chestnut-colored woodpecker
• chestnut woodpecker
• cinnamon woodpecker
• cream-backed woodpecker
• crimson-bellied woodpecker
• crimson-breasted woodpecker
• crimson-crested woodpecker (Campephilus melanoleucos)
• crimson-mantled woodpecker
• crimson-naped woodpecker (Dryobates cathpharius)
• crimson-winged woodpecker (Picus puniceus)
• Cuban green woodpecker
• Cuban ivory-billed woodpecker
• Darjeeling woodpecker
• downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)
• Elliot's woodpecker
• Eurasian three-toed woodpecker
• European green woodpecker
• European green woodpecker
• fine-spotted woodpecker (Campethera punctuligera)
• fire-bellied woodpecker
• fulvous-breasted woodpecker
• Gabon woodpecker
• Gila woodpecker
• golden-breasted woodpecker
• golden-fronted woodpecker
• golden-green woodpecker
• golden-olive woodpecker
• golden-tailed woodpecker (Campethera abingoni)
• golden-winged woodpecker
• gold-winged woodpecker
• greater spotted woodpecker
• great slaty woodpecker
• great spotted woodpecker
• green-barred woodpecker
• green woodpecker (Picus viridis)
• grey-capped pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus canicapillus)
• grey-crowned woodpecker
• grey-headed woodpecker
• ground woodpecker (Geocolaptes olivaceus)
• Guadeloupe woodpecker
• hairy woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus)
• helmeted woodpecker (Celeus galeatus)
• imperial woodpecker (Campephilus imperialis)
• ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis)
• Japanese green woodpecker
• Japanese pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus kizuki)
• Kaempfer's woodpecker
• ladder-backed woodpecker
• lesser spotted woodpecker
• Levaillant's woodpecker
• Lewis's woodpecker
• lineated woodpecker
• little grey woodpecker
• little spotted woodpecker (Campethera cailliautii)
• Magellanic woodpecker
• melancholy woodpecker (Dendropicos lugubris)
• middle spotted woodpecker
• Mombasa woodpecker
• mountain grey woodpecker
• northern sooty-woodpecker
• Nubian woodpecker
• Nuttall's woodpecker
• ochre-backed woodpecker
• Okinawa woodpecker
• olive-backed woodpecker
• olive woodpecker
• orange-backed woodpecker
• pale-billed woodpecker
• pale-crested woodpecker
• pale-headed woodpecker
• Philippine pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus maculatus)
• Philippine woodpecker
• Piaui woodpecker
• pied woodpecker
• pied yellow-fronted woodpecker
• pigeon woodpecker
• pileated woodpecker
• Puerto Rican woodpecker
• pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus spp.)
• red-bellied woodpecker
• red-cockaded woodpecker
• red-collared woodpecker
• red-crowned woodpecker
• red-headed woodpecker
• red-necked woodpecker
• red-rumped woodpecker
• red-stained woodpecker
• red-vented woodpecker (Melanerpes pygmaeus)
• ringed woodpecker
• robust woodpecker
• rufous-bellied woodpecker
• rufous-headed woodpecker
• rufous woodpecker
• Russian woodpecker
• Sarat woodpecker (Dendrocoptes dorae)
• scaly-bellied woodpecker
• scarlet-breasted woodpecker (Dryobates cathpharius)
• Sind woodpecker (Dendrocopos assimilis)
• smoky-brown woodpecker (Leuconotopicus fumigatus)
• speckle-throated woodpecker
• spotted woodpecker
• streak-throated woodpecker
• Strickland's woodpecker
• stripe-breasted woodpecker
• striped woodpecker
• Sulawesi pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus temminckii)
• Sulu pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus ramsayi)
• Sunda pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus moluccensis)
• Syrian woodpecker
• three-toed woodpecker (Picoides spp.)
• Tristram's woodpecker
• true woodpecker (Picinae spp.)
• waved woodpecker
• West indian woodpecker
• white-backed woodpecker
• white-bellied woodpecker
• white-headed woodpecker
• white-naped woodpecker (Chrysocolaptes festivus)
• white-spotted woodpecker
• white-throated woodpecker
• white woodpecker
• woodpeckerlike
• yellow-bellied woodpecker
• yellow-crested woodpecker
• yellow-eared woodpecker
• yellow-fronted woodpecker
• yellow-throated woodpecker
• yellow-tufted woodpecker
• Yucatan woodpecker (Melanerpes pygmaeus)

 

Translations

bird in Picinae

• Afrikaans: houtkapper
• Albanian: qukapikorët
• Amharic: ግንደ ቆርቁር (gəndä ḳorḳur)
• Arabic: نَقَار اَلْخَشَب m (naqār al-ḵašab)
• Armenian: փայտփորիկ (hy) (pʻaytpʻorik)
• Assamese: কাঠৰোকা (kathrüka), বাঢ়ৈটোকা (barhoitüka)
• Asturian: picatueru (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: ağacdələn (az)
• Bashkir: тумыртҡа (tumırtqa)
• Basque: okil, katatxori
• Belarusian: дзя́цел m (dzjácjel)
• Bikol Central: ambalatok
• Breton: speged
• Bulgarian: кълва́ч (bg) m (kǎlváč)
• Burmese: သစ်တောက်ငှက် (my) (sactaukhngak), ခေါက်ရှာငှက် (my) (hkaukhrahngak)
• Catalan: picot m
• Central Sierra Miwok: palát·atà-
• Chamicuro: me'na
• Chechen: хенакӏур (xenakʼur)
• Cherokee: ᏉᎦ (quoga)
• Chichewa: gogomole
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鴷／䴕 (zh) (liè), 啄木鳥／啄木鸟 (zh) (zhuómùniǎo)

• Chukchi: уттырэвымрэв (uttyrėvymrėv)
• Cornish: kasek koos f
• Czech: datel (cs) m, strakapoud m
• Danish: spætte (da)
• Dutch: specht (nl) m
• Erzya: шекшата (šekšata)
• Esperanto: pego
• Estonian: rähn (et)
• Faroese: spæta f
• Finnish: tikka (fi)
• French: pic (fr) m; (green woodpecker) pic-vert (fr) m, pivert (fr) m
• Friulian: pic
• Gagauz: aaçkakan
• Galician: peto m, picapau m, piquelo m, carpinteiro (gl) m
• Georgian: კოდალა (ḳodala)
• German: Specht (de) m
• Greek: δρυοκολάπτης (el) m (dryokoláptis), τρυποκάρυδος (el) m (trypokárydos)

  Ancient: δρύοψ m (drúops), πελεκᾶς m (pelekâs)

• Hindi: हुदहुद (hi) m (hudhud), कठफोड़वा (hi) m (kaṭhphoṛvā), कठफोड़ा (hi) m (kaṭhphoṛā)
• Hungarian: harkály (hu), fakopáncs (hu)
• Icelandic: spæta (is) f
• Ido: pego (io)
• Indonesian: burung pelatuk (id)
• Irish: cnagaire
• Italian: picchio (it) m
• Japanese: 啄木鳥 (ja) (きつつき, kitsutsuki), キツツキ (ja) (kitsutsuki)
• Kashubian: dzëdzón m
• Kazakh: тоқылдақ (toqyldaq), тоқылдауық (toqyldauyq)
• Komi-Zyrian: сизь (śiź)
• Korean: 딱따구리 (ko) (ttakttaguri)
• Kumyk: тонкътонкъ (tonqtonq), къӀуткъӀуду (dialectal), къутгъуду (qutğudu) (dialectal)
• Kyrgyz: тоңкулдак (ky) (toŋkuldak), доңкулдак (ky) (doŋkuldak)
• Ladino: becalen
• Lakota: čhaŋkátotola
• Latgalian: (genus Dendrocopos) dzeņs, (genus Picus or Dryocopus) dzylna f
• Latin: pīcus m
• Latvian: (genus Dendrocopos) dzenis (lv) m, (genus Picus or Dryocopus) dzilna f
• Lithuanian: (genus Dendrocopos) genys (lt) m ; (genus Picus or Dryocopus) meleta (lt) f
• Low German: Holthacker m, Boomhacker m, Boombicker m, Boomlöper m
• Luxembourgish: Spiecht m
• Macedonian: клукајдрвец m (klukajdrvec), детел m (detel)
• Malay: belatuk
• Malayalam: മരംകൊത്തി (ml) (maraṅkotti)
• Manchu: ᡨᠣᡵᡥᠣᠨ (torhon)
• Maranao: balalatok
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: шиште (šište)

  Western Mari: шиштӹ (šištÿ)

• Mi'kmaq: apo'qatej anim
• Mongolian: тоншуул (mn) (tonšuul)
• Nanai: пилакта (pilakta)
• Navajo: tsin yiłkaałii
• Northern Mansi: хо̄хра (hōhra)
• Northern Sami: čáihni
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hakkespett (no) m, hakkespette m or f

  Nynorsk: hakkespett m, hakkespette f

• Occitan: picot m
• Ojibwe: baabaase, baapaase
• Old English: fina m, *spiht m
• Persian: دارکوب (fa) (dârkub)
• Plautdietsch: Specht m
• Polish: dzięcioł (pl)
• Portuguese: pica-pau (pt) m, picapau (pt) m
• Potawatomi: babasé
• Quechua: hak'akllu
• Romani: chuplitari m, chuplitarka f
• Romanian: ghionoaie (ro) f, ciocănitoare (ro) f
• Romansch: pitgalain
• Russian: дя́тел (ru) m (djátel)
• Santali: ᱮᱨᱮ (ere)
• Sardinian: biccalinna f, biccamuru m, biccamatta f
• Scottish Gaelic: snagan-daraich m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: детлић m (Ekavian), дјетлић m (Ijekavian); жуна f; детао n (Ekavian), дјетао n (Ijekavian)

  Roman: detlić m (Ekavian), djetlić m (Ijekavian); žuna (sh) f; detao (sh) n (Ekavian), djetao (sh) n (Ijekavian)

• Slovak: ďateľ (sk) m
• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} detel m, ^{(please verify)} žolna (sl) f (these are two distinct species)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: źiśelc m

  Upper Sorbian: dypornak m, dypak m

• Southern Altai: томуртка (tomurtka)
• Spanish: pájaro carpintero (es) m, pito (es) m, picamaderos (es) m, carpinterito (es) m, picatroncos m
• Swahili: kigong'ota
• Swedish: hackspett (sv)
• Tagalog: tariktik
• Telugu: వడ్రంగిపిట్ట (te) (vaḍraṅgipiṭṭa), మానుతొలుచుపిట్ట (te) (mānutolucupiṭṭa)
• Turkish: ağaçkakan (tr)
• Turkmen: daşdeşen
• Udmurt: сизь (śiź)
• Ukrainian: дя́тел (uk) m (djátel)
• Venetian: pigòzo m
• Vietnamese: gõ kiến
• Volapük: pikit (vo)
• Welsh: cnocell (y coed) f
• West Frisian: spjocht
• Wolof: ngorkaan li
• Yakut: тоҥсоҕой (toñsoğoy)
• Yiddish: פּיקהאָלץ m (pikholts)

Anagrams

• peckerwood