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SAPSUCKER
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small American woodpecker that feeds on sap from e.g. apple and maple trees
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sapsucker" is a kind of...):
pecker; peckerwood; woodpecker (bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sapsucker"):
Sphyrapicus varius; yellow-bellied sapsucker (eastern North American sapsucker having a pale yellow abdomen)
red-breasted sapsucker; Sphyrapicus varius ruber (western North American sapsucker)
Holonyms ("sapsucker" is a member of...):
genus Sphyrapicus; Sphyrapicus (a genus of Picidae)
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