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woodpeck

woodpeck is the obsolete form of woodpecker.

Meaning of woodpecker

Noun

woodpecker (plural woodpeckers)

  1. Any bird of the species-rich family Picidae, with a strong pointed beak suitable for pecking holes in wood.
    • 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
  2. (slang) A Type 92 heavy machine gun.

Forms of woodpeck

pluralwoodpecks

Origin of woodpeck

From wood + peck.

Questions about woodpeck

What is woodpeck the obsolete form of?
Woodpeck is the obsolete form of woodpecker.

Words near woodpeck in the dictionary

  1. Woodnutt
  2. woodnymph
  3. woodnymphs
  4. woodoats
  5. Woodpark
  6. woodpeck
  7. woodpecker
  8. woodpeckerlike
  9. woodpeckers
  10. woodpecks
  11. woodpigeon

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