woodhewer

American  

[wood-hyoo-er] / ˈwʊdˌhyu ər /

noun

1. woodcreeper.

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Etymology

Origin of woodhewer

wood ¹ + hewer ( def. )

Example Sentences

The specimens of the Streak-headed Woodhewer and the Louisiana Waterthrush are the second ones of each species taken on the peninsula.

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Now, a year later, I suddenly stopped twenty yards away, for at the end of the silvery cadence of a woodhewer, I heard the low, measured, toneless rhythm which instantly revived to mind every detail of the clearing.

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I knew that it was a Synallaxis—a genus of small birds of the Woodhewer family.

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