# woodpecker
## English
### Etymology

From wood +‎ pecker. Compare Middle English wod spek (“woodpecker”), Middle English wodehake (“woodpecker”), Middle English wodewale (“woodpecker”). Displaced speight.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) enPR: wo͝odʹpĕkər, IPA: /ˈwʊdpɛkə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) enPR: wo͝odʹpĕ'kər, IPA: /ˈwʊdˌpɛkɚ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Hyphenation: wood‧peck‧er

### Noun

woodpecker (plural woodpeckers)
* Any bird of species-rich family Picidae, with a strong pointed beak suitable for pecking holes in wood.
** 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 89:On its summit towered aloft the fir tree which has often been referred to, like a mighty mast, full of woodpeckers' holes.
** 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros‎, London: Jonathan Cape, page 19:His skin was scarlet like the head of the green woodpecker.
** 1928 August, Outram Bangs, James L. Peters, “Birds Collected by Dr. Joseph F. Rock in Western Kansu and Eastern Tibet”, in Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy‎, volume LXVIII, number 7, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard College, →OCLC, page 333:An adult female of this rare woodpecker was taken at 6,000 feet in April 1925 near Chingchuan in the forests of northern Szechuan.
** 1984, Virginia Wildlife, volume 45, Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries:Birdwatchers would enjoy a host of sparrows, a herd of swans, a descent of woodpeckers, a herd of wrens, and mutation of thrushes.
* (military slang) A Type 92 heavy machine gun.

#### Synonyms

* speight, spight

#### Hypernyms

* picid

#### Hyponyms

* flicker

#### Derived terms

* acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
* African grey woodpecker (Dendropicos goertae)
* Andaman woodpecker (Dryocopus hodgei)
* Arabian woodpecker (Dendrocoptes dorae)
* ashy woodpecker (Mulleripicus fulvus)
* bamboo woodpecker (Gecinulus viridis)
* banded woodpecker, banded red woodpecker (Chrysophlegma miniaceum)
* barred woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor)
* bay woodpecker (Blythipicus pyrrhotis)
* bearded woodpecker (Chloropicus namaquus)
* beautiful woodpecker (Melanerpes pulcher)
* Bennett's woodpecker (Campethera bennettii)
* black-backed woodpecker (Picoides arcticus)
* black-cheeked woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani)
* black-headed woodpecker (Picus erythropygius)
* black-necked woodpecker (Colaptes atricollis)
* black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)
* blond-crested woodpecker (Celeus flavescens)
* bronze-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aeruginosus)
* brown-capped pygmy woodpecker, brown-capped woodpecker (Yungipicus nanus)
* brown-eared woodpecker (Pardipicus caroli)
* buff-spotted woodpecker (Pardipicus nivosus)
* cactus woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris cactophilus)
* California woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus.)
* cardinal woodpecker
* checkered woodpecker
* chestnut-colored woodpecker
* chestnut woodpecker
* cinnamon woodpecker
* cream-backed woodpecker
* crimson-bellied woodpecker
* crimson-breasted woodpecker
* crimson-crested woodpecker (Campephilus melanoleucos)
* crimson-mantled woodpecker (Colaptes rivolii)
* crimson-naped woodpecker (Dryobates cathpharius)
* crimson-winged woodpecker (Picus puniceus)
* Cuban green woodpecker
* Cuban ivory-billed woodpecker
* Darjeeling woodpecker
* downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)
* Elliot's woodpecker (Dendropicos elliotii)
* Eurasian three-toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus)
* European green woodpecker (Picus viridis)
* fine-spotted woodpecker (Campethera punctuligera)
* fire-bellied woodpecker
* fulvous-breasted woodpecker
* Gabon woodpecker
* Gila woodpecker
* golden-breasted woodpecker
* golden-fronted woodpecker
* golden-green woodpecker
* golden-olive woodpecker
* golden-tailed woodpecker (Campethera abingoni)
* golden-winged woodpecker
* gold-winged woodpecker
* greater spotted woodpecker
* great slaty woodpecker
* great spotted woodpecker
* green-barred woodpecker
* green woodpecker (Picus viridis)
* grey-capped pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus canicapillus)
* grey-crowned woodpecker (Colaptes auricularis)
* grey-headed woodpecker, grey-faced woodpecker (Picus canus)
* ground woodpecker (Geocolaptes olivaceus)
* Guadeloupe woodpecker (Melanerpes herminieri)
* hairy woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus)
* helmeted woodpecker (Celeus galeatus)
* imperial woodpecker (Campephilus imperialis)
* ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis)
* Japanese green woodpecker (Picus awokera)
* Japanese pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus kizuki)
* Japanese woodpecker (Picus awokera)
* Kaempfer's woodpecker
* ladder-backed woodpecker
* lesser spotted woodpecker
* Levaillant's woodpecker
* Lewis's woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis)
* lineated woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus)
* little grey woodpecker (Dendropicos elachus)
* little spotted woodpecker (Campethera cailliautii)
* Magellanic woodpecker (Campephilus magellanicus)
* melancholy woodpecker (Dendropicos lugubris)
* middle spotted woodpecker (Dendrocoptes medius)
* Mombasa woodpecker
* mountain grey woodpecker
* northern sooty-woodpecker
* Nubian woodpecker (Campethera nubica)
* Nuttall's woodpecker
* ochre-backed woodpecker
* Okinawa woodpecker
* olive-backed woodpecker
* olive woodpecker
* orange-backed woodpecker
* pale-billed woodpecker
* pale-crested woodpecker
* pale-headed woodpecker
* Philippine pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus maculatus)
* Philippine woodpecker
* Piaui woodpecker
* pied woodpecker
* pied yellow-fronted woodpecker
* pigeon woodpecker
* pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
* Puerto Rican woodpecker (Melanerpes portoricensis)
* pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus spp.)
* red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
* red-cockaded woodpecker (Leuconotopicus borealis)
* red-collared woodpecker
* red-crowned woodpecker
* red-headed woodpecker
* red-necked woodpecker (Campephilus rubricollis)
* red-rumped woodpecker (Veniliornis kirkii)
* red-stained woodpecker (Veniliornis affinis)
* red-vented woodpecker (Melanerpes pygmaeus)
* ringed woodpecker
* robust woodpecker
* rufous-bellied woodpecker
* rufous-headed woodpecker
* rufous woodpecker
* Russian woodpecker
* Sarat woodpecker (Dendrocoptes dorae)
* scaly-bellied woodpecker (Picus squamatus)
* scarlet-breasted woodpecker (Dryobates cathpharius)
* Sind woodpecker (Dendrocopos assimilis)
* smoky-brown woodpecker (Leuconotopicus fumigatus)
* speckle-throated woodpecker (Campethera scriptoricauda)
* spotted woodpecker
* streak-throated woodpecker
* Strickland's woodpecker
* stripe-breasted woodpecker
* striped woodpecker
* Sulawesi pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus temminckii)
* Sulu pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus ramsayi)
* Sunda pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus moluccensis)
* Syrian woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus)
* three-toed woodpecker (Picoides spp.)
* Tristram's woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis richardsi)
* true woodpecker (Picinae spp.)
* waved woodpecker
* West indian woodpecker
* white-backed woodpecker
* white-bellied woodpecker
* white-headed woodpecker
* white-naped woodpecker (Chrysocolaptes festivus)
* white-spotted woodpecker
* white-throated woodpecker
* white woodpecker
* woodpeckerlike
* yellow-bellied woodpecker
* yellow-crested woodpecker
* yellow-eared woodpecker
* yellow-fronted woodpecker
* yellow-throated woodpecker
* yellow-tufted woodpecker
* Yucatan woodpecker (Melanerpes pygmaeus)

#### Translations
### References

* woodpecker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Picidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:Picidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* “woodpecker”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* peckerwood