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DOWNY WOODPECKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does downy woodpecker mean?
• DOWNY WOODPECKER (noun)
The noun DOWNY WOODPECKER has 1 sense:
1. small North American woodpecker with black and white plumage and a small bill
Familiarity information: DOWNY WOODPECKER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small North American woodpecker with black and white plumage and a small bill
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("downy woodpecker" is a kind of...):
pecker; peckerwood; woodpecker (bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects)
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