red-headed woodpecker
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of red-headed woodpecker
An Americanism dating back to 1720–30
Example Sentences
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Keep your head on a swivel for a flash of color, and you just might see a yellow-billed cuckoo, green heron or red-headed woodpecker.
From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2022
A red-headed woodpecker works on a tree in Nebraska.
From National Geographic • Nov. 5, 2016
Now, there’s a red-headed woodpecker making the thing swing, and cardinals dot the forest scrub with red coats, waiting until the bigger birds have their fill.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
"Hey Chris, bet you don't know the Latin name of the red-headed woodpecker."
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
This well-known cousin is the red-headed woodpecker, the tricolored beauty that sits on fence-posts and telegraph poles, and sallies out, a blaze of white, steel-blue, and scarlet, a gorgeous spectacle, whenever an insect flits by.
From The Woodpeckers by Eckstorm, Fannie Hardy
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