woodhewer

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noun
Definitions
  • Any of various passerines of subfamily , found in South America and Central America having a curved bill, stiff tail feathers, and which feed like woodpeckers; a woodcreeper.
  • (alt form) wood-hewer

Etymology

Affix from English wood (mad, insane, wild, furious) + English hewer.

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English

hewer

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