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pygmy woodpecker

pygmy woodpecker proper noun: any of the genus Yungipicus of small eastern Asian woodpeckers.

pygmy woodpecker: any of the genus Yungipicus of small eastern Asian woodpeckers
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Proper noun

pygmy woodpecker (plural pygmy woodpeckers)

  1. Any of the genus Yungipicus of small eastern Asian woodpeckers.

Forms of pygmy woodpecker

pluralpygmy woodpeckers

Words formed from pygmy woodpecker

  • brown-capped pygmy woodpecker
  • grey-capped pygmy woodpecker
  • Japanese pygmy woodpecker
  • Philippine pygmy woodpecker
  • Sulawesi pygmy woodpecker
  • Sulu pygmy woodpecker
  • Sunda pygmy woodpecker

Questions about pygmy woodpecker

What does pygmy woodpecker mean?
Pygmy woodpecker means any of the genus Yungipicus of small eastern Asian woodpeckers.
What part of speech is pygmy woodpecker?
Pygmy woodpecker is a proper noun.

Words near pygmy woodpecker in the dictionary

  1. pygmy sperm whale
  2. pygmy sperm whales
  3. pygmy squid
  4. pygmy tyrant
  5. pygmy tyrants
  6. pygmy woodpecker
  7. pygmy-possum
  8. pygmydom
  9. pygmyhood
  10. pygmyish
  11. pygmyism

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