MELANERPES ERYTHROCEPHALUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Melanerpes erythrocephalus mean? 

• MELANERPES ERYTHROCEPHALUS (noun)
  The noun MELANERPES ERYTHROCEPHALUS has 1 sense:

1. black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck

  Familiarity information: MELANERPES ERYTHROCEPHALUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MELANERPES ERYTHROCEPHALUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Melanerpes erythrocephalus; redhead; redheaded woodpecker

Hypernyms ("Melanerpes erythrocephalus" 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)

Holonyms ("Melanerpes erythrocephalus" is a member of...):

genus Melanerpes; Melanerpes (a genus of Picidae)