Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lewis's woodpecker

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English

Syllables: lewis's -wood-peck-er
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis), of temperate western North America.

Etymology

Named by Alexander Wilson (ornithologist) after the explorer Meriwether Lewis, who first described the species.

Inflected Forms

Lewis's woodpeckers (plural)

Questions

What does lewis's woodpecker mean?: A large woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis), of temperate western North America.
Where does lewis's woodpecker come from?: Named by Alexander Wilson (ornithologist) after the explorer Meriwether Lewis, who first described the species.

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