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woodpeckers

woodpeckers is the plural 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.

Phrases with woodpeckers

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Questions about woodpeckers

What is woodpeckers the plural of?
Woodpeckers is the plural of woodpecker.

Words near woodpeckers in the dictionary

  1. woodoats
  2. Woodpark
  3. woodpeck
  4. woodpecker
  5. woodpeckerlike
  6. woodpeckers
  7. woodpecks
  8. woodpigeon
  9. woodpigeons
  10. woodpile
  11. woodpiles

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