green woodpecker

noun

1. a woodpecker, Picus viridis, of Eurasia and northern Africa, having green plumage with a yellow rump and red on the top of the head.

green woodpecker

noun

1. a European woodpecker, Picus viridis, with a dull green back and wings and a red crown

Example Sentences

Our- 263 - two most beautiful woodland birds, the green woodpecker and the jay, are common.

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The constant iteration of the green woodpecker's cry before a storm has given it the name of rain-bird, rain-pie, and rain-fowl.

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Thus the English starling will occasionally impose upon and dispossess the green woodpecker.

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The persecution which the Green Woodpecker suffers from the Starling is well known.

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A green woodpecker took it in his route, though he did not stay long, there not being many trees.

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