WOODHEWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does woodhewer mean? 

• WOODHEWER (noun)
  The noun WOODHEWER has 1 sense:

1. any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers

  Familiarity information: WOODHEWER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WOODHEWER (noun)

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Meaning:

Any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

tree creeper; wood-creeper; woodcreeper; woodhewer

Hypernyms ("woodhewer" is a kind of...):

tyrannid (a passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni)

Holonyms ("woodhewer" is a member of...):

Dendrocolaptidae; family Dendrocolaptidae (woodhewers or woodcreepers)