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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The woodpecker: so called with reference to the spotted plumage: locally applied to the greater and lesser spotted woodpeckers, Picus major and P. minor, and the green woodpecker, Gecinus viridis. See cuts under Picus and popinjay.

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