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Noun: peckerwood  'pe-kur,wûd
Usage: US
  1. Bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects
    - woodpecker, pecker

Derived forms: peckerwoods

Type of: piciform bird

Part of: family Picidae, Picidae

Encyclopedia: Peckerwood

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