sapsucker
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sapsucker
Example Sentences
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On the front wall, a pair of Bullock’s orioles feeds three chicks, and a red-breasted sapsucker feeds two.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 7, 2022
The area is home to woodpeckers like the red-breasted sapsucker and songbirds like the black-headed grosbeak, which whistles its warbled song in the shade.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2021
Their final haul: six downy woodpeckers, one yellow-bellied sapsucker, one northern flicker, one pale-billed woodpecker, and one lineated woodpecker.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 2, 2018
It takes a search to track down the Williamson’s sapsucker, bigger than life, down by the West Side Highway.
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2017
Sometimes he acted like the original yellow-bellied sapsucker.
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
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