woodhewer
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Noun (1)
- any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckersSynonyms: woodcreeperwood-creepertree creeperType of tyrannidMember of Dendrocolaptidae, family Dendrocolaptidae
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Wood′hew′er noun
Zoology A woodpecker.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54