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Woodpecker

//ˈwʊdˌpɛkɚ// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any bird of species-rich family Picidae, with a strong pointed beak suitable for pecking holes in wood.

    "On its summit towered aloft the fir tree which has often been referred to, like a mighty mast, full of woodpeckers' holes."

  2. 2
    bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects wordnet
  3. 3
    A Type 92 heavy machine gun. slang

Etymology

From wood + pecker. Compare Middle English wod spek (“woodpecker”), Middle English wodehake (“woodpecker”), Middle English wodewale (“woodpecker”). Displaced speight.

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