Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of woodpeckers, of which the great black woodpecker of Europe, Dryocopus martius, is the type.
- noun A genus of South American tree-creepers. Also
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Examples
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The Pileated woodpecker, dryocopus pileatus, was seen and photographed the same day, January 26, 2008 in Asheville, North Carolina.
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