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Definition of pecker

horny projecting mouth of a bird
bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects

Similar Words: beak, bill, neb, nib, woodpecker, peckerwood

Hyponyms: green woodpecker, Picus viridis, downy woodpecker, flicker, ivorybill, ivory-billed woodpecker, Campephilus principalis, redheaded woodpecker, redhead, Melanerpes erythrocephalus, sapsucker, wryneck, piculet

Part Meronyms: bird

Member Meronyms: Picidae, family Picidae

Derivational Morphology: peck, pick, beak, pick up

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