noun
bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects
• Syn: ↑woodpecker, ↑pecker
• Hypernyms: ↑piciform bird
• Hyponyms:
↑green woodpecker, ↑Picus viridis, ↑downy woodpecker, ↑flicker, ↑ivorybill, ↑ivory-billed woodpecker, ↑Campephilus principalis, ↑redheaded woodpecker, ↑redhead, ↑Melanerpes erythrocephalus, ↑sapsucker, ↑wryneck, ↑piculet
• Member Holonyms: ↑Picidae, ↑family Picidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.