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Noun: woodhewer  'wûd,hyoo-u(r)
  1. 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