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Woodhewer
noun
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Noun
- 1 Any of various passerines of subfamily Dendrocolaptinae, found in South America and Central America having a curved bill, stiff tail feathers, and which feed like woodpeckers; a woodcreeper.
"A loud series of descending whistles from the dark shadows was an ivory-billed woodhewer; and an explosive song in the undergrowth, a gray-breasted wood wren."
- 2 any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers wordnet
- 3 Alternative form of wood-hewer. alt-of, alternative
"The tree talked like a bird whose feathered weight Nested in him; and he with twisted tongue Could swear like the woodhewer whose dark face Was bright with sweat as he raised up and swung His naked arms with awkwardness and grace."
Etymology
From wood + hewer.
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