woodhewer

[ wood-hyoo-er ]

noun

1. woodcreeper.

Word History and Origins

Origin of woodhewer¹

wood ¹ + hewer ( def )

Example Sentences

The specimens of the Streak-headed Woodhewer and the Louisiana Waterthrush are the second ones of each species taken on the peninsula.

From Project Gutenberg

Now, a year later, I suddenly stopped twenty yards away, for at the end of the silvery cadence of a woodhewer, I heard the low, measured, toneless rhythm which instantly revived to mind every detail of the clearing.

From Project Gutenberg

I knew that it was a Synallaxis—a genus of small birds of the Woodhewer family.

From Project Gutenberg

Then, when he had been told all, at first he could not refrain himself and good wishes flowed from his lips as honey from the honey-comb; and he was indeed a right merry sight as, in the joy of his heart, he clapped his arms together across his breast, as a woodhewer may, to warm his hands in winter.

From Project Gutenberg

Then, when he had been told all, at first he could not refrain himself and good wishes flowed from his lips as honey from the honey-comb; and he was indeed a right merry sight as, in the joy of his heart, he clapped his arms together across his breast, as a woodhewer may, to warm his hands in winter.

From Project Gutenberg