English Explanatory Dictionary

Lewis's woodpecker

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A large woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis), of temperate western North America.

Word forms

Lewis's woodpecker Lewis's woodpeckers

Etymology

Named by Alexander Wilson (ornithologist) after the explorer Meriwether Lewis, who first described the species.

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