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noun wood·peck·er \ˈwu̇d-ËŒpe-kÉ™r\

: a bird that has a very hard beak which it uses to make holes in trees to get insects for food

Full Definition of WOODPECKER

:  any of numerous birds (family Picidae) with zygodactyl feet, stiff spiny tail feathers used in climbing or resting on tree trunks, a usually extensible tongue, a very hard bill used to drill the bark or wood of trees for insect food or to excavate nesting cavities, and generally showy parti-colored plumage

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First Known Use of WOODPECKER

circa 1530

Rhymes with WOODPECKER

back-checker, exchequer, fact-checker, forechecker, oxpecker, Quebecer, spell-checker, three-decker