zebra-back en · NOUN
Meanings
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Synonym of red-bellied woodpecker.
On one occasion, I noticed a pair of these birds separated by a red-headed woodpecker. One of the "zebra-backs" was cornered in an excavation in a limb of a tree […]
1927, Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, volume 36, page 323:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| zebra-backs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |