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yawker bird

yawker bird noun: the northern flicker, Colaptes auratus.

Noun

yawker bird (plural yawker birds)

  1. The northern flicker, Colaptes auratus
    • No bird in America has so many local names as the Flicker. Some of these are Highholder, Wake-up, Walk-up, Pigeon, Woodpecker, and Yawker-bird1910, Annual Report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture, page 280
    • Being a common bird he has a number of names such as high-hole, yellow hammer, golden-winged woodpecker, wakeup, yawker bird, and others.1960, Science on the March, page 36

Forms of yawker bird

pluralyawker birds

Questions about yawker bird

What does yawker bird mean?
Yawker bird means the northern flicker, Colaptes auratus.
What part of speech is yawker bird?
Yawker bird is a noun.
What is the plural of yawker bird?
The plural of yawker bird is yawker birds.

Words near yawker bird in the dictionary

  1. Yawhen
  2. Yawhens
  3. yawing
  4. yawingly
  5. yawk
  6. yawker bird
  7. yawl
  8. yawled
  9. yawler
  10. yawlers
  11. yawless

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