woodhewer

2 definitions found

woodhewer - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Woodhewer \Wood"hew`er\, n. (Zool.)
     A woodpecker.
     [1913 Webster]

woodhewer - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  woodhewer
      n 1: any of numerous South American and Central American birds
           with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb
           and feed like woodpeckers [syn: woodhewer, woodcreeper,
           wood-creeper, tree creeper]