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zebra-back

zebra-back noun: synonym of red-bellied woodpecker.

Noun

zebra-back (plural zebra-backs)

  1. Synonym of red-bellied woodpecker.
    • On one occasion, I noticed a pair of these birds separated by a red-headed woodpecker. One of the "zebra-backs" was cornered in an excavation in a limb of a tree […]1927, Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, volume 36, page 323

Synonyms of zebra-back

Forms of zebra-back

pluralzebra-backs

Questions about zebra-back

What does zebra-back mean?
Zebra-back means synonym of red-bellied woodpecker.
What part of speech is zebra-back?
Zebra-back is a noun.
What is the plural of zebra-back?
The plural of zebra-back is zebra-backs.

Words near zebra-back in the dictionary

  1. zebra swallowtails
  2. zebra turkeyfish
  3. zebra turkeyfishes
  4. zebra wolf
  5. zebra wolves
  6. zebra-back
  7. zebra-bird
  8. zebra-tailed lizard
  9. zebra-tailed lizards
  10. zebraback
  11. zebraed

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