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hairy woodpecker

hair·y wood·peck·er
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hair-ee woo d-pek-er]
    • /ˈhɛər i ˈwʊdˌpɛk ər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hair-ee woo d-pek-er]
    • /ˈhɛər i ˈwʊdˌpɛk ər/

Definitions of hairy woodpecker words

  • noun hairy woodpecker a North American woodpecker, Picoides villosus, resembling but larger than the downy woodpecker. 1
  • noun hairy woodpecker Zoology 1
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Origin of hairy woodpecker

First appearance:

before 1720
One of the 49% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1720-30

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Parts of speech for Hairy woodpecker

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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hairy woodpecker popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 2% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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