English Explanatory Dictionary

woodhewer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various passerines of subfamily Dendrocolaptinae, found in South America and Central America having a curved bill, stiff tail feathers, and which feed like woodpeckers; a woodcreeper.
  2. Alternative form of wood-hewer.

Word forms

woodhewer woodhewers

Etymology

From wood + hewer.

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