noun
black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck
• Syn: ↑redhead, ↑Melanerpes erythrocephalus
• Hypernyms: ↑woodpecker, ↑peckerwood, ↑pecker
• Member Holonyms: ↑Melanerpes, ↑genus Melanerpes
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noun : a rather large woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) widely but irregularly distributed in No. America having in the adult white underparts and wing patches with back, tail, and the rest of the wings black and a red head and neck — called also redhead
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redheaded woodpecker,
a black-and-white North American woodpecker with a bright-red head and neck.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.