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yellow-bellied sapsucker
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noun
a woodpecker, Sphyrapicus varius, of eastern North America, having a red patch on the forehead and black and white plumage with a pale-yellow abdomen, and feeding on sap from trees.
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Origin of yellow-bellied sapsucker
An Americanism dating back to 1905–10
Words nearby yellow-bellied sapsucker
yellow archangel, yellow avens, yellowback, yellowbark, yellow-bellied, yellow-bellied sapsucker, yellowbelly, yellow bile, yellow-billed cuckoo, yellow-billed magpie, yellow birch
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