1. bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects; [syn: woodpecker, peckerwood, pecker]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
peckerwood
n 1: bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for
climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood
for insects [syn: woodpecker, peckerwood, pecker]