Definition of hairy woodpecker
: a common North American woodpecker (Picoides villosus) closely resembling the downy woodpecker but larger with a longer bill
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Red-bellied, downy and hairy woodpeckers love peanuts, a high-protein, high-energy food, as do other songbirds.
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The forest also is home to bear, coyote, deer and birds from hairy woodpeckers to red-breasted sapsuckers.
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First Known Use of hairy woodpecker
circa 1728
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