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hickwall

American

[hik-wawl] / ˈhɪkˌwɔl /

noun

British Dialect.

any of certain European woodpeckers, especially the green woodpecker.

Etymology

Origin of hickwall

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English hygh-whele, imitative of the sound

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