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woodpecker en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˈwɵdˌpɛkə/ (British, Southern, Standard)
/ˈwʉdˌpɛkəɾ/ (Scotland)
/ˈwʊdˌpɛkə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈwʊdˌpɛkɚ/ (US)
wo͝odʹpĕ'kər
(Southern-England) audio
/ˈwʊdˌpekə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
/ˈwʉdˌpɛkəɻ/ (Northern-Ireland)
(US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- 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 Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere 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.

Meanings

Any bird of the species-rich family Picidae, with a strong pointed beak suitable for pecking holes in wood.
- His skin was scarlet like the head of the green woodpecker. 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 19:
- Birdwatchers would enjoy a host of sparrows, a herd of swans, a descent of woodpeckers, a herd of wrens, and mutation of thrushes. 1984, Virginia Wildlife, volume 45, Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries:
- On its summit towered aloft the fir tree which has often been referred to, like a mighty mast, full of woodpeckers' holes. 1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 89:
- An adult female of this rare woodpecker was taken at 6,000 feet in April 1925 near Chingchuan in the forests of northern Szechuan. 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, volume LXVIII, number 7, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard College, →OCLC, page 333:
(slang) A Type 92 heavy machine gun.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
woodpeckers	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

crimson-breasted woodpecker · white-backed woodpecker · pigeon woodpecker · pale-crested woodpecker · acorn woodpecker · Japanese green woodpecker · fire-bellied woodpecker · great slaty woodpecker · blond-crested woodpecker · streak-throated woodpecker · Cuban ivory-billed woodpecker · ringed woodpecker · Puerto Rican woodpecker · Gabon woodpecker · cream-backed woodpecker · chestnut woodpecker · yellow-eared woodpecker · ground woodpecker · true woodpecker · white-bellied woodpecker · Okinawa woodpecker · Yucatan woodpecker · pileated woodpecker · grey-headed woodpecker · Kaempfer's woodpecker · robust woodpecker · Guadeloupe woodpecker · great spotted woodpecker · red-rumped woodpecker · black-necked woodpecker · scarlet-breasted woodpecker · banded red woodpecker · red-collared woodpecker · waved woodpecker · golden-winged woodpecker · Lewis's woodpecker · crimson-winged woodpecker · checkered woodpecker · Syrian woodpecker · ladder-backed woodpecker · Gila woodpecker · ochre-backed woodpecker · golden-green woodpecker · pale-headed woodpecker · red-stained woodpecker · Sulu pygmy woodpecker · northern sooty-woodpecker · bearded woodpecker · white-throated woodpecker · yellow-crested woodpecker · grey-capped pygmy woodpecker · red-necked woodpecker · Mombasa woodpecker · buff-spotted woodpecker · green-barred woodpecker · crimson-mantled woodpecker · Strickland's woodpecker · Andaman woodpecker · black-headed woodpecker · Sulawesi pygmy woodpecker · olive woodpecker · golden-olive woodpecker · helmeted woodpecker · gold-winged woodpecker · yellow-bellied woodpecker · cinnamon woodpecker · olive-backed woodpecker · Philippine woodpecker · ashy woodpecker · pygmy woodpecker · ivory-billed woodpecker · downy woodpecker · black woodpecker · speckle-throated woodpecker · green woodpecker · golden-breasted woodpecker · crimson-bellied woodpecker · rufous-bellied woodpecker · chestnut-colored woodpecker · pied woodpecker · little spotted woodpecker · brown-capped pygmy woodpecker · smoky-brown woodpecker · white-spotted woodpecker · red-vented woodpecker · fine-spotted woodpecker · bay woodpecker · Philippine pygmy woodpecker · mountain grey woodpecker · greater spotted woodpecker · golden-tailed woodpecker · Sind woodpecker · black-cheeked woodpecker · Darjeeling woodpecker · red-bellied woodpecker · Arabian woodpecker · West indian woodpecker · melancholy woodpecker · bamboo woodpecker · red-cockaded woodpecker · scaly-bellied woodpecker · Sarat woodpecker · stripe-breasted woodpecker · pied yellow-fronted woodpecker · Japanese pygmy woodpecker · California woodpecker · Piaui woodpecker · grey-crowned woodpecker · crimson-naped woodpecker · cactus woodpecker · brown-capped woodpecker · Tristram's woodpecker · Nubian woodpecker · Sunda pygmy woodpecker · rufous-headed woodpecker · rufous woodpecker · crimson-crested woodpecker · brown-eared woodpecker · striped woodpecker · pale-billed woodpecker · three-toed woodpecker · spotted woodpecker · woodpeckerlike · cardinal woodpecker · yellow-throated woodpecker · lineated woodpecker · Nuttall's woodpecker · grey-faced woodpecker · yellow-tufted woodpecker · white woodpecker · imperial woodpecker · yellow-fronted woodpecker · red-headed woodpecker · white-headed woodpecker · fulvous-breasted woodpecker · lesser spotted woodpecker · barred woodpecker · golden-fronted woodpecker · Bennett's woodpecker · hairy woodpecker · middle spotted woodpecker · Cuban green woodpecker · black-backed woodpecker · Magellanic woodpecker · Levaillant's woodpecker · little grey woodpecker · Eurasian three-toed woodpecker · Russian woodpecker · red-crowned woodpecker · banded woodpecker · European green woodpecker · Elliot's woodpecker · African grey woodpecker · bronze-winged woodpecker · white-naped woodpecker · beautiful woodpecker · orange-backed woodpecker · Japanese woodpecker

Hypernyms

picid

Hyponyms

Synonyms

speight · spight

Translations (197)

nds Boombicker (bird in Picidae) · et rähn (bird in Picidae) · vo pikit (bird in Picidae) · hsb dypak (bird in Picidae) · kum къӀуткъӀуду (bird in Picidae) · cs strakapoud (bird in Picidae) · ca picot (bird in Picidae) · sk ďateľ (bird in Picidae) · nb hakkespette (bird in Picidae) · pt picapau (bird in Picidae) · ny gogomole (bird in Picidae) · nds Holthacker (bird in Picidae) · es carpinterito (bird in Picidae) · sc biccalinna (bird in Picidae) · ro ghionoaie (bird in Picidae) · hu fakopáncs (bird in Picidae) · am ግንደ ቆርቁር (bird in Picidae) · taa dechetthala (bird in Picidae) · lt genys (bird in Picidae) · se čáihni (bird in Picidae) · af houtkapper (bird in Picidae) · gag aaçkakan (bird in Picidae) · fy spjocht (bird in Picidae) · myv шекшата (bird in Picidae) · sah тоҥсоҕой (bird in Picidae) · az ağacdələn (bird in Picidae) · ce хенакӏур (bird in Picidae) · es picatroncos (bird in Picidae) · cmn 鴷 /䴕 (bird in Picidae) · pt pica-pau (bird in Picidae) · oc picot (bird in Picidae) · de Specht (bird in Picidae) · el τρυποκάρυδος (bird in Picidae) · gl piquelo (bird in Picidae) · tk daşdeşen (bird in Picidae) · cy taradr y coed (bird in Picidae) · as বাঢ়ৈটোকা (bird in Picidae) · hi हुदहुद (bird in Picidae) · nn hakkespette (bird in Picidae) · kmr darniqêrk (bird in Picidae) · vi gõ kiến (bird in Picidae) · ky доңкулдак (bird in Picidae) · grc πελεκᾶς (bird in Picidae) · es cerequeque (bird in Picidae) · csm palát·atà- (bird in Picidae) · lb Spiecht (bird in Picidae) · oj baapaase (bird in Picidae) · mk клукајдрвец (bird in Picidae) · ota آغاج قاقان (bird in Picidae) · sh djetao (bird in Picidae) · be дзя́цел (bird in Picidae) · la pīcus (bird in Picidae) · kmr kîlkîlotik (bird in Picidae) · chr ᏉᎦ (bird in Picidae) · csb dzëdzón (bird in Picidae) · lt meleta (bird in Picidae) · ky тоңкулдак (bird in Picidae) · br speged (bird in Picidae) · sc biccamatta (bird in Picidae) · bg кълва́ч (bird in Picidae) · mk детел (bird in Picidae) · fr pic (bird in Picidae) · hsb dypornak (bird in Picidae) · ur ہُدْہُد (bird in Picidae) · nds Boomlöper (bird in Picidae) · nl specht (bird in Picidae) · es pájaro carpintero (bird in Picidae) · gl carpinteiro (bird in Picidae) · sh дјетлић (bird in Picidae) · see tistis (bird in Picidae) · unm kwèhkwès (bird in Picidae) · gd snagan-daraich (bird in Picidae) · fur pic (bird in Picidae) · mns-nor хо̄хра (bird in Picidae) · sh žuna (bird in Picidae) · ml മരംകൊത്തി (bird in Picidae) · kmr darkutok (bird in Picidae) · sw kigong'ota (bird in Picidae) · kmr çiçikan (bird in Picidae) · cy cnocell (bird in Picidae) · pox bikăc (bird in Picidae) · see disdis (bird in Picidae) · es pito (bird in Picidae) · fa دارکوب (bird in Picidae) · pac theam (bird in Picidae) · nv tsin yiłkaałii (bird in Picidae) · io pego (bird in Picidae) · ltg dzeņs (bird in Picidae) · hu harkály (bird in Picidae) · my ခေါက်ရှာငှက် (bird in Picidae) · mic apo'qatej (bird in Picidae) · fr pic-vert (bird in Picidae) · pot bapasé (bird in Picidae) · mhr шиште (bird in Picidae) · te వడ్రంగిపిట్ట (bird in Picidae) · nb hakkespett (bird in Picidae) · lv dzenis (bird in Picidae) · my သစ်တောက်ငှက် (bird in Picidae) · tr ağaçkakan (bird in Picidae) · mrj шиштӹ (bird in Picidae) · lkt čhaŋkátotola (bird in Picidae) · el δρυοκολάπτης (bird in Picidae) · ang fina (bird in Picidae) · ak abobɔnnua (bird in Picidae) · eu katatxori (bird in Picidae) · xta chiríta (bird in Picidae) · fo spæta (bird in Picidae) · oj baabaase (bird in Picidae) · grc δρύοψ (bird in Picidae) · bcl ambalatok (bird in Picidae) · kw kasek koos (bird in Picidae) · da spætte (bird in Picidae) · ms belatuk (bird in Picidae) · sh детлић (bird in Picidae) · cmn 啄木鳥 /啄木鸟 (bird in Picidae) · rom chuplitarka (bird in Picidae) · fr pivert (bird in Picidae) · rsk лєсов дохтор (bird in Picidae) · ru дя́тел (bird in Picidae) · tl tariktik (bird in Picidae) · tpw ipekũ (bird in Picidae) · alt томуртка (bird in Picidae) · dsb źiśelc (bird in Picidae) · mnc ᡨᠣᡵᡥᠣᠨ (bird in Picidae) · ja キツツキ (bird in Picidae) · kmr darkutik (bird in Picidae) · sh djetlić (bird in Picidae) · ckb دارەسمە (bird in Picidae) · sat ᱮᱨᱮ (bird in Picidae) · kum къутгъуду (bird in Picidae) · ka კოდალა (bird in Picidae) · hi कठफोड़ा (bird in Picidae) · cs datel (bird in Picidae) · gl picapau (bird in Picidae) · pdt Specht (bird in Picidae) · kk тоқылдақ (bird in Picidae) · es picapinos (bird in Picidae) · ang spiht (bird in Picidae) · ltg dzylna (bird in Picidae) · fi tikka (bird in Picidae) · kpv сизь (bird in Picidae) · gld пилакта (bird in Picidae) · uk дя́тел (bird in Picidae) · wo ngorkaan li (bird in Picidae) · ko 딱따구리 (bird in Picidae) · ba тумыртҡа (bird in Picidae) · sh detlić (bird in Picidae) · ccc me'na (bird in Picidae) · ro ciocănitoare (bird in Picidae) · it picchio (bird in Picidae) · ur ہُد ہُد (bird in Picidae) · kmr kutkutok (bird in Picidae) · udm сизь (bird in Picidae) · ckt уттырэвымрэв (bird in Picidae) · tpw ipeku (bird in Picidae) · yrl arapasu (bird in Picidae) · sh дјетао (bird in Picidae) · sc biccamuru (bird in Picidae) · te మానుతొలుచుపిట్ట (bird in Picidae) · sh жуна (bird in Picidae) · kmr qîqo (bird in Picidae) · mnb kadondo (bird in Picidae) · eo pego (bird in Picidae) · qu hak'akllu (bird in Picidae) · vec pigòzo (bird in Picidae) · as কাঠৰোকা (bird in Picidae) · mn тоншуул (bird in Picidae) · rom chuplitari (bird in Picidae) · nn hakkespett (bird in Picidae) · sq qukapikorët (bird in Picidae) · yi פּיקהאָלץ (bird in Picidae) · sh детао (bird in Picidae) · sv hackspett (bird in Picidae) · ast picatueru (bird in Picidae) · ckb دارکونکەرە (bird in Picidae) · mrw balalatok (bird in Picidae) · rm pitgalain (bird in Picidae) · ja 啄木鳥 (bird in Picidae) · nds Boomhacker (bird in Picidae) · lv dzilna (bird in Picidae) · eu okil (bird in Picidae) · ga cnagaire (bird in Picidae) · is spæta (bird in Picidae) · pl dzięcioł (bird in Picidae) · kum тонкътонкъ (bird in Picidae) · es picamaderos (bird in Picidae) · ar نَقَّار الخَشَب (bird in Picidae) · lad becalen (bird in Picidae) · gl peto (bird in Picidae) · ta மரங்கொத்தி (bird in Picidae) · pac tréh (bird in Picidae) · sh detao (bird in Picidae) · id burung pelatuk (bird in Picidae) · kk тоқылдауық (bird in Picidae) · hy փայտփորիկ (bird in Picidae) · hi कठफोड़वा (bird in Picidae) · es cheje (bird in Picidae)

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