woodpecker
Syllables: wood·peck·er/ˈwʊdˌpɛkə/
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British/ˈwɵdˌpɛkə/
woodpecker noun: any bird of the species-rich family Picidae, with a strong pointed beak suitable for pecking holes in wood.
Noun
woodpecker (plural woodpeckers)
- 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 Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 89
- 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
- A Type 92 heavy machine gun.
woodpecker meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
woodpecker in Hindi
- bird in Picidae
- हुदहुद hudhud, कठफोड़वा kaṭhphoṛvā, कठफोड़ा kaṭhphoṛā
woodpecker in Tamil
- bird in Picidae
- மரங்கொத்தி maraṅkotti
woodpecker in Marathi
- woodpecker
- सुतार sutār
woodpecker in Urdu
- bird in Picidae
- ہُدْہُد hudhud, ہُد ہُد hud hud
More languagesFewer languages
- woodpecker in Bengali
- কাঠঠোকরা পাখি
- woodpecker in Telugu
- వడ్రంగిపిట్ట vaḍraṅgipiṭṭa, మానుతొలుచుపిట్ట mānutolucupiṭṭa
- woodpecker in Malayalam
- മരംകൊത്തി maraṅkotti
- woodpecker in Kannada
- ಮರಕುಟ, ಮರಕುಟಿಗ, ಮರಕುಟಿಕ, ಮರಕುಟಕ
- woodpecker in Gujarati
- લક્કડખોદ lakkaḍkhod
- woodpecker in Assamese
- কাঠৰোকা kathrüka, বাঢ়ৈটোকা barhoitüka
- woodpecker in Tagalog
- tariktik
- woodpecker in Arabic
- نَقَّار الخَشَب naqqār al-ḵašab
- woodpecker in Malay
- belatuk
- woodpecker in Indonesian
- burung pelatuk
- woodpecker in Persian
- دارکوب dârkub
- woodpecker in Vietnamese
- gõ kiến
- woodpecker in Myanmar
- သစ်တောက်ငှက် sactaukhngak, ခေါက်ရှာငှက် hkaukhrahngak
Examples of woodpecker in a sentence
- 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...
- 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:
Synonyms of woodpecker
Forms of woodpecker
| plural | woodpeckers |
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Origin of woodpecker
From wood + pecker. Compare Middle English wod spek (“woodpecker”), Middle English wodehake (“woodpecker”), Middle English wodewale (“woodpecker”). Displaced speight.
Words formed from woodpecker
- acorn woodpecker
- African grey woodpecker
- Andaman woodpecker
- Arabian woodpecker
- ashy woodpecker
- bamboo woodpecker
- banded woodpecker
- banded red woodpecker
- barred woodpecker
- bay woodpecker
- bearded woodpecker
- beautiful woodpecker
- Bennett's woodpecker
- black-backed woodpecker
- black-cheeked woodpecker
- black-headed woodpecker
- black-necked woodpecker
- black woodpecker
- blond-crested woodpecker
- bronze-winged woodpecker
- brown-capped pygmy woodpecker
- brown-capped woodpecker
- brown-eared woodpecker
- buff-spotted woodpecker
- cactus woodpecker
- California woodpecker
- cardinal woodpecker
- checkered woodpecker
- chestnut-colored woodpecker
- chestnut woodpecker
- cinnamon woodpecker
- cream-backed woodpecker
- crimson-bellied woodpecker
- crimson-breasted woodpecker
- crimson-crested woodpecker
- crimson-mantled woodpecker
- crimson-naped woodpecker
- crimson-winged woodpecker
- Cuban green woodpecker
- Cuban ivory-billed woodpecker
- Darjeeling woodpecker
- downy woodpecker
- Elliot's woodpecker
- Eurasian three-toed woodpecker
- European green woodpecker
- fine-spotted woodpecker
- 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
- golden-winged woodpecker
- gold-winged woodpecker
- greater spotted woodpecker
- great slaty woodpecker
- great spotted woodpecker
Phrases with woodpecker
Questions about woodpecker
- What does woodpecker mean?
- Woodpecker means any bird of the species-rich family Picidae, with a strong pointed beak suitable for pecking holes in wood.
- What is woodpecker in Hindi?
- Woodpecker in Hindi is हुदहुद (hudhud), कठफोड़वा (kaṭhphoṛvā), कठफोड़ा (kaṭhphoṛā). See Woodpecker meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use woodpecker in a sentence?
- An adult female of this rare woodpecker was taken at 6,000 feet in April 1925 near Chingchuan in the forests of northern Szechuan.
- What part of speech is woodpecker?
- Woodpecker is a noun.
- How do you pronounce woodpecker?
- Woodpecker is pronounced /ˈwʊdˌpɛkə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of woodpecker?
- The plural of woodpecker is woodpeckers.
Words near woodpecker in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: woodpecker (page history and authors); सुतार (Marathi) (page history and authors); woodpecker (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); woodpecker (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); લક્કડખોદ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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