Noun: woodhewer 'wûd,hyoo-u(r)
- Any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers
"The woodhewer clung to the tree trunk, probing for insects with its curved bill";
- woodcreeper, wood-creeper, tree creeper
Derived forms: woodhewers
Type of: tyrannid
Part of: Dendrocolaptidae, family Dendrocolaptidae