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red-headed woodpecker

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English

Syllables
red--head-ed -wood-peck-er
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
7
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A species of woodpecker with a crimson-red head, Melanerpes erythrocephalus; an individual of this species.

Inflected Forms

red-headed woodpeckers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

erythrocephalus red-bellied woodpecker redbelly red-cockaded woodpecker yellow-bellied sapsucker yellowbelly see many others

Synonyms

redhead

Questions

What does red-headed woodpecker mean?
A species of woodpecker with a crimson-red head, Melanerpes erythrocephalus; an individual of this species.

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