MELANERPES ERYTHROCEPHALUS

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Meaning:

Black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck

Synonyms:

Melanerpes erythrocephalus; redhead; redheaded woodpecker

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Melanerpes erythrocephalus" 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)

Holonyms ("Melanerpes erythrocephalus" is a member of...):

genus Melanerpes; Melanerpes (a genus of Picidae)

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