spechtähnlicher Vogel

Definitions of spechtähnlicher Vogel
  1. noun
    any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood
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    types:
    Specht
    bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects
    Pfefferfresser, Rotschnabeltukan, Tukan
    brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak
    Drehhals, Regenvogel, Wendehals
    Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck
    type of:
    Vogel
    warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
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