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WOODHEWER
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers
Synonyms:
tree creeper; wood-creeper; woodcreeper; woodhewer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("woodhewer" is a kind of...):
tyrannid (a passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni)
Holonyms ("woodhewer" is a member of...):
Dendrocolaptidae; family Dendrocolaptidae (woodhewers or woodcreepers)