red-cockaded woodpecker

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Leuconotopicus borealis, a woodpecker of southeastern North America.

Word forms

red-cockaded woodpecker red-cockaded woodpeckers

Etymology

The male has a small red streak on each side of its black cap called a cockade.

Related words

borealis
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