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noun bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects
originFrom wood + pecker. Compare Middle English wod spek (“woodpecker”), Middle English wodehake (“woodpecker”), Middle English wodewale (“woodpecker”). Displaced speight.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0