picamaderos

Definitions of picamaderos
  1. 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: carpintero, pico, pito, pájaro carpintero
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    types:
    pico verde, pito real
    woodpecker of Europe and western Asia
    torcecuello
    Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck
    escribano cerillo
    large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail
    type of:
    piciforme
    any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood
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