red-cockaded woodpecker

English

Etymology

The male has a small red streak on each side of its black cap called a cockade.

Noun

red-cockaded woodpecker (plural red-cockaded woodpeckers)

  2. Leuconotopicus borealis, a woodpecker of southeastern North America.
    Hypernyms: woodpecker < bird < animal < creature
    Coordinate terms: red-headed woodpecker (not to be confused), redhead, red-bellied woodpecker (not to be confused), redbelly, yellow-bellied sapsucker, yellowbelly; see many others

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