red-headed woodpecker
noun
a black and white North American woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus, having a red head and neck.
Origin of red-headed woodpecker
An Americanism dating back to 1720–30
Words nearby red-headed woodpecker
red-faced,
red-figure,
red-flag,
red-handed,
red-headed,
red-headed woodpecker,
red-hot,
red-hot poker,
red-lead ore,
red-lead putty,
red-legged partridge
Example sentences from the Web for red-headed woodpecker
His head was encircled with a chaplet made of the feathers of the song-sparrow and the red-headed-woodpecker.
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 (of 3) |James Athearn Jones