highhole

[hahy-hohl]

noun

flicker².

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Also high·hold·er

[hahy-hohl-der] /ˈhaɪˌhoʊl dər/.

Origin of highhole

1785–95; earlier highwale, hewhole, variant of hickwall

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Historical Examples of highhole

This note of the highhole is irrepressibly exuberant and ringing with energy.
In the Open
Stanton Davis Kirkham
The most common are: flicker, highhole, yellow-hammer, and golden-winged woodpecker.
Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets
Various
The highhole is in evidence, and his rattling call is calculated to awake the sleepers in that pasture at least.
In the Open
Stanton Davis Kirkham