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three-toed woodpecker

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noun

  1. either of two woodpeckers of the genus Picoides, of the Northern Hemisphere, having only three toes on each foot.

  2. any of various similar, tropical, Old World woodpeckers.

Etymology

Origin of three-toed woodpecker

First recorded in 1765–75

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