pecker

/ˈpɛkər/
/ˈpɛkə/
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Other forms: peckers

Definitions of pecker
  1. noun
    the projecting mouth of a bird
    synonyms: beak, bill, neb, nib
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    cere
    the fleshy, waxy covering at the base of the upper beak of some birds
    type of:
    mouth
    the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening
  2. noun
    bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects
    synonyms: peckerwood, woodpecker
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    Picus viridis, green woodpecker
    woodpecker of Europe and western Asia
    downy woodpecker
    small North American woodpecker with black and white plumage and a small bill
    flicker
    North American woodpecker
    Campephilus principalis, ivory-billed woodpecker, ivorybill
    large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill; nearly extinct
    Melanerpes erythrocephalus, redhead, redheaded woodpecker
    black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck
    sapsucker
    small American woodpecker that feeds on sap from e.g. apple and maple trees
    wryneck
    Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck
    piculet
    small woodpeckers of South America and Africa and East Indies having soft rounded tail feathers
    Colaptes auratus, yellow-shafted flicker, yellowhammer
    large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail
    Colaptes chrysoides, gilded flicker
    southwestern United States bird like the yellow-shafted flicker but lacking the red neck
    Colaptes caper collaris, red-shafted flicker
    western United States bird with red undersurface to wings and tail
    Sphyrapicus varius, yellow-bellied sapsucker
    eastern North American sapsucker having a pale yellow abdomen
    Sphyrapicus varius ruber, red-breasted sapsucker
    western North American sapsucker
    type of:
    piciform bird
    any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood
  3. noun
    obscene term for penis
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