Explore Woodpecker through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like peckerwood or pecker. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Woodpecker meaning
- Any bird of species-rich family Picidae, with a strong pointed beak suitable for pecking holes in wood.
- A Type 92 heavy machine gun.
Synonyms of Woodpecker
Using Woodpecker
- The main meaning on this page is: Any bird of species-rich family Picidae, with a strong pointed beak suitable for pecking holes in wood. | A Type 92 heavy machine gun.
- Useful related words include: peckerwood, pecker, piciform bird.
- In the example corpus, woodpecker often appears in combinations such as: woody woodpecker, of woodpecker, downy woodpecker.
Context around Woodpecker
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 6 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Woodpecker
- In this selection, "woodpecker" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, indian, woody, downy, melanerpes, subspecies and green stand out and add context to how "woodpecker" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and downy woodpecker drums and barrel of woodpecker cider. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "woodpecker" sits close to words such as abdollahian, abergavenny and abounded, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with woodpecker
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Try to master the difference between hairy and downy woodpecker drums. (11 words)
They were the model for the cartoon character Woody Woodpecker," Hu said. (12 words)
The red-bellied woodpecker's name is misleading, said CPC volunteer Layton Register. (13 words)
Listening to the somewhat hyperbolic praise which Mr Swinney showered upon her may have given Ms Forbes a slight touch of the boak, given his behaviour in last year’s leadership contest when the woodpecker was doubtless pecking at his stump. (41 words)
It was once possible to see or hear 100 different species before breakfast, but with the loss of birds such as the lesser spotted woodpecker, tree sparrow and corn bunting, that sadly no longer happens. (35 words)
That afternoon, we went on an hourlong walk through the property’s nature trail, where we spotted at least six species of birds, including the yellow-bellied waxbill and the olive woodpecker. (32 words)
What’s Alabama-made, flat on one side and adorned by a woodpecker? (13 words)
I remember saving up those two quarters, putting in the required box tops because I just had to have that Woody Woodpecker door-knocker! (24 words)
Example sentences (20)
Piciformes Woodpeckers and related birds * Grand Bahama West Indian woodpecker, Melanerpes superciliaris bahamensis (Grand Bahama, Bahamas, 1950s) :A West Indian woodpecker subspecies of somewhat uncertain validity.
Hilton, of Woodpecker Green, Oxford, was found guilty of seven counts of sexually assaulting a girl under-13.
They were the model for the cartoon character Woody Woodpecker," Hu said.
Listening to the somewhat hyperbolic praise which Mr Swinney showered upon her may have given Ms Forbes a slight touch of the boak, given his behaviour in last year’s leadership contest when the woodpecker was doubtless pecking at his stump.
Mr Ladeinde, of Woodpecker Drive, Greenhithe, Kent, was taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital but he died on Monday (July 8).
The garden, now without its shed or its many beehives, remains a mess with honey jars all over the ground and an old barrel of Woodpecker cider.
The red-bellied woodpecker's name is misleading, said CPC volunteer Layton Register.
A red-headed woodpecker has a chunk of marvel meal in its beak.
Finally, the hairy woodpecker often shows a crescent of black just ahead of the wing.
Ironically, we’ve had a woodpecker in the garden for the first time.
It is less common here than the downy woodpecker, probably by a factor of a third to half.
Try to master the difference between hairy and downy woodpecker drums.
It was once possible to see or hear 100 different species before breakfast, but with the loss of birds such as the lesser spotted woodpecker, tree sparrow and corn bunting, that sadly no longer happens.
Signs of EAB include woodpecker damage, sprouts growing from the main trunk and major branch loss.
The film is produced by Woodpecker Movies that backed his directorial debut, Bole Chudiyan, featuring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Tamannaah Bhatia.
What’s Alabama-made, flat on one side and adorned by a woodpecker?
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In addition, while at camp youth had the rare opportunity to use telescopic cameras to view newly hatched Red Cockaded Woodpecker chicks, an endangered species.
I remember saving up those two quarters, putting in the required box tops because I just had to have that Woody Woodpecker door-knocker!
That afternoon, we went on an hourlong walk through the property’s nature trail, where we spotted at least six species of birds, including the yellow-bellied waxbill and the olive woodpecker.
Common combinations with woodpecker
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- woody woodpecker 4×
- of woodpecker 3×
- downy woodpecker 3×
- indian woodpecker 2×
- the woodpecker 2×
- by woodpecker 2×