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Definition of
woodpecker noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
woodpecker
noun
noun
NAmE
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ˈwʊdˌpɛkər
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a bird with a long beak that it uses to make holes in trees when it is looking for insects to eat
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woodpecker
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