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Gila woodpecker

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noun

  1. a dull-colored woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialis, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.

Etymology

Origin of Gila woodpecker

1855–60, after Gila

Example Sentences

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The cactus tree, like the eastern forest tree, is often found bored full of round, holes that are made by the Gila woodpecker.

From Arizona Sketches by Munk, J. A. (Joseph Amasa)

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