Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A woodpecker: now applied especially to the little spotted woodpecker, Picus minor, and to the green woodpecker or popinjay, Gecinus riridis, both of Europe.
- noun The little blue titmouse, Parus cœruleus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Prov. Eng. The lesser spotted woodpecker (
Dendrocopus minor ) of Europe.
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- noun UK, dialect The
lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor) of Europe.
Etymologies
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Old English, also hyghwhele, highawe.
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fbharjo commented on the word hickwall
a green woodpecker
January 9, 2009