Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

red-bellied woodpecker

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English

Syllables: red--bel-lied -wood-peck-er
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

7

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the species Melanerpes carolinus of woodpeckers with a rosy-red belly and also a ruby-red patch on its head.

Inflected Forms

red-bellied woodpeckers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

carolinus red-headed woodpecker redhead red-cockaded woodpecker yellow-bellied sapsucker yellowbelly see many others

Synonyms

redbelly zebra-back zebra-bird

Questions

What does red-bellied woodpecker mean?: Any of the species Melanerpes carolinus of woodpeckers with a rosy-red belly and also a ruby-red patch on its head.

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