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northern flicker

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English

Syllables
north-ern flick-er
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Colaptes auratus, a medium-sized member of the woodpecker family, native to most of Central and North America.

Inflected Forms

northern flickers (plural)

Synonyms

goldenwing yellowhammer clape gaffer woodpecker harry-wicket heigh-ho wake-up walk-up wick-up yarrup gawker bird

Questions

What does northern flicker mean?
Colaptes auratus, a medium-sized member of the woodpecker family, native to most of Central and North America.

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