Lewis's woodpecker

English

Etymology

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

Noun

Lewis's woodpecker (plural Lewis's woodpeckers)

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

References

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