woodpecker
English
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heart-spotted woodpecker (Hemicircus canente), Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Kerala, India
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Red-crowned woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus) Female both M. r. rubricapillus, Colombia
Etymology
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Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-us
Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)wéydʰ(h₁)us
Proto-Germanic *widuz
Proto-West Germanic *widu
Old English widu
Old English wudu
Middle English wode
English wood
Proto-Germanic *pikkōną
Proto-West Germanic *pikkōn
Old English *piccian
Middle English piken
Middle English pekken
Middle English pekker
English pecker
English woodpecker
From wood + pecker. Compare Middle English wod spek (“woodpecker”), Middle English wodehake (“woodpecker”), Middle English wodewale (“woodpecker”). Displaced speight.
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: wo͝odʹpĕ'kər
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwʊdˌpɛkə/
- (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈwɵdˌpɛkə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈwʊdˌpɛkɚ/
- (Australia, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈwʊdˌpekə/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈwʉdˌpɛkəɾ/
- (Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈwʉdˌpɛkəɻ/
- Hyphenation: wood‧peck‧er
Noun
[edit]woodpecker (plural woodpeckers)
- Any bird of the 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.
- 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 19:
- His skin was scarlet like the head of the green woodpecker.
- 1928 August, Outram Bangs, James L. Peters, “Birds Collected by Dr. Joseph F. Rock in Western Kansu and Eastern Tibet”, in Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy[1], volume LXVIII, number 7, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard College, →OCLC, page 333:
- An adult female of this rare woodpecker was taken at 6,000 feet in April 1925 near Chingchuan in the forests of northern Szechuan.
- 1984, Virginia Wildlife, volume 45, Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries:
- Birdwatchers would enjoy a host of sparrows, a herd of swans, a descent of woodpeckers, a herd of wrens, and mutation of thrushes.
- (military slang) A Type 92 heavy machine gun.
Hyponyms
[edit]- 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 (Picoides arcticus)
- black-cheeked woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani)
- black-headed woodpecker (Picus erythropygius)
- black-necked woodpecker (Colaptes atricollis)
- black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)
- blond-crested woodpecker (Celeus flavescens)
- bronze-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aeruginosus)
- brown-capped pygmy woodpecker, brown-capped woodpecker (Yungipicus nanus)
- brown-eared woodpecker (Pardipicus caroli)
- buff-spotted woodpecker (Pardipicus nivosus)
- cactus woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris cactophilus)
- California woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus.)
- 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 (Colaptes rivolii)
- 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 (Dendropicos elliotii)
- Eurasian three-toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus)
- European green woodpecker (Picus viridis)
- fine-spotted woodpecker (Campethera punctuligera)
- fire-bellied woodpecker
- flicker
- fulvous-breasted woodpecker
- Gabon woodpecker
- Gila woodpecker
- golden-breasted woodpecker
- golden-fronted woodpecker
- golden-green woodpecker
- golden-olive woodpecker
- golden-olive woodpecker
- golden-tailed woodpecker (Campethera abingoni)
- golden-winged woodpecker
- gold-winged woodpecker
- greater spotted woodpecker
- great slaty woodpecker (Mulleripicus pulverulentus)
- great spotted woodpecker
- green-barred woodpecker
- green woodpecker (Picus viridis)
- grey-capped pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus canicapillus)
- grey-crowned woodpecker (Colaptes auricularis)
- grey-headed woodpecker, grey-faced woodpecker (Picus canus)
- ground woodpecker (Geocolaptes olivaceus)
- Guadeloupe woodpecker (Melanerpes herminieri)
- hairy woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus)
- helmeted woodpecker (Celeus galeatus)
- imperial woodpecker (Campephilus imperialis)
- ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis)
- Japanese green woodpecker (Picus awokera)
- Japanese pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus kizuki)
- Japanese woodpecker (Picus awokera)
- Kaempfer's woodpecker
- ladder-backed woodpecker
- lesser spotted woodpecker
- Levaillant's woodpecker
- Lewis's woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis)
- lineated woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus)
- little grey woodpecker (Dendropicos elachus)
- little spotted woodpecker (Campethera cailliautii)
- Magellanic woodpecker (Campephilus magellanicus)
- melancholy woodpecker (Dendropicos lugubris)
- middle spotted woodpecker (Dendrocoptes medius)
- Mombasa woodpecker
- mountain grey woodpecker
- northern flicker
- northern sooty-woodpecker
- Nubian woodpecker (Campethera nubica)
- 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 (Dryocopus pileatus)
- Puerto Rican woodpecker (Melanerpes portoricensis)
- pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus spp.)
- red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
- redbelly
- red-cockaded woodpecker (Leuconotopicus borealis)
- red-collared woodpecker
- red-crowned woodpecker
- redhead
- red-headed woodpecker
- redheaded woodpecker
- red-necked woodpecker (Campephilus rubricollis)
- red-rumped woodpecker (Veniliornis kirkii)
- red-stained woodpecker (Veniliornis affinis)
- red-vented woodpecker (Melanerpes pygmaeus)
- ringed woodpecker
- robust woodpecker
- rufous-bellied woodpecker
- rufous-headed woodpecker
- rufous woodpecker
- Russian woodpecker
- sapsucker
- Sarat woodpecker (Dendrocoptes dorae)
- scaly-bellied woodpecker (Picus squamatus)
- scarlet-breasted woodpecker (Dryobates cathpharius)
- Sind woodpecker (Dendrocopos assimilis)
- smoky-brown woodpecker (Leuconotopicus fumigatus)
- speckle-throated woodpecker (Campethera scriptoricauda)
- 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 (Dendrocopos syriacus)
- three-toed woodpecker (Picoides spp.)
- Tristram's woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis richardsi)
- 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
- yellow-bellied sapsucker
- yellow-bellied woodpecker
- yellowbelly
- yellow-crested woodpecker
- yellow-eared woodpecker
- yellow-fronted woodpecker
- yellow-throated woodpecker
- yellow-tufted woodpecker
- Yucatan woodpecker (Melanerpes pygmaeus)
Derived terms
[edit]- 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 (Picoides arcticus)
- black-cheeked woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani)
- black-headed woodpecker (Picus erythropygius)
- black-necked woodpecker (Colaptes atricollis)
- black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)
- blond-crested woodpecker (Celeus flavescens)
- bronze-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aeruginosus)
- brown-capped pygmy woodpecker, brown-capped woodpecker (Yungipicus nanus)
- brown-eared woodpecker (Pardipicus caroli)
- buff-spotted woodpecker (Pardipicus nivosus)
- cactus woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris cactophilus)
- California woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus.)
- 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 (Colaptes rivolii)
- 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 (Dendropicos elliotii)
- Eurasian three-toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus)
- European green woodpecker (Picus viridis)
- 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 (Mulleripicus pulverulentus)
- great spotted woodpecker
- green-barred woodpecker
- green woodpecker (Picus viridis)
- grey-capped pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus canicapillus)
- grey-crowned woodpecker (Colaptes auricularis)
- grey-headed woodpecker, grey-faced woodpecker (Picus canus)
- ground woodpecker (Geocolaptes olivaceus)
- Guadeloupe woodpecker (Melanerpes herminieri)
- hairy woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus)
- helmeted woodpecker (Celeus galeatus)
- imperial woodpecker (Campephilus imperialis)
- ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis)
- Japanese green woodpecker (Picus awokera)
- Japanese pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus kizuki)
- Japanese woodpecker (Picus awokera)
- Kaempfer's woodpecker
- ladder-backed woodpecker
- lesser spotted woodpecker
- Levaillant's woodpecker
- Lewis's woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis)
- lineated woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus)
- little grey woodpecker (Dendropicos elachus)
- little spotted woodpecker (Campethera cailliautii)
- Magellanic woodpecker (Campephilus magellanicus)
- melancholy woodpecker (Dendropicos lugubris)
- middle spotted woodpecker (Dendrocoptes medius)
- Mombasa woodpecker
- mountain grey woodpecker
- northern sooty-woodpecker
- Nubian woodpecker (Campethera nubica)
- 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 (Dryocopus pileatus)
- Puerto Rican woodpecker (Melanerpes portoricensis)
- pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus spp.)
- red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
- red-cockaded woodpecker (Leuconotopicus borealis)
- red-collared woodpecker
- red-crowned woodpecker
- red-headed woodpecker
- red-necked woodpecker (Campephilus rubricollis)
- red-rumped woodpecker (Veniliornis kirkii)
- red-stained woodpecker (Veniliornis affinis)
- 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 (Picus squamatus)
- scarlet-breasted woodpecker (Dryobates cathpharius)
- Sind woodpecker (Dendrocopos assimilis)
- smoky-brown woodpecker (Leuconotopicus fumigatus)
- speckle-throated woodpecker (Campethera scriptoricauda)
- 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 (Dendrocopos syriacus)
- three-toed woodpecker (Picoides spp.)
- Tristram's woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis richardsi)
- 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
[edit]bird in Picidae
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References
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woodpecker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Picidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Picidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - “woodpecker”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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