yellow-bellied sapsucker

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Definitions of yellow-bellied sapsucker words

noun yellow-bellied sapsucker a woodpecker, Sphyrapicus varius, of eastern North America, having a red patch on the forehead and black and white plumage with a pale-yellow abdomen, and feeding on sap from trees. 1
noun yellow-bellied sapsucker colloquial 1
noun yellow-bellied sapsucker a sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) with a red head and yellowish underparts 0
noun yellow-bellied sapsucker A type of woodpecker. (Sphyrapicus varius). 0

before 1905

One of the 15% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1905-10

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