Gila woodpecker
Americannoun
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 J. A. (Joseph Amasa) Munk
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