Term Gallery logo

Meanings of green woodpecker in anglès

portuguès
peto verde
català
pigot verd

Woodpecker of Europe and western Asia.

        pigot verd
        Usage of green woodpecker in anglès
        1
        It was a pied woodpecker, not the large green woodpecker, but another kind.
        The Open Air
        2
        The only sound is the astonishing cackle of a green woodpecker.
        The Guardian
        3
        Under the vault of the trees the cry of the green woodpecker has magic sounds.
        Jean-Christophe, Volume I
        4
        And despite the dull grey sky, birds sing brightly and a green woodpecker sweeps between the trees.
        BBC
        5
        Another local word I have not heard elsewhere is "eckle," meaning a green woodpecker or yaffel.
        A Cotswold Village; Or, Country Life and Pursuits in Gloucesters...
        6
        A green woodpecker took it in his route, though he did not stay long, there not being many trees.
        Round About a Great Estate
        7
        And while I stood watching them from the palace trees close by came the loud laugh of the green woodpecker.
        Afoot in England
        8
        Watching these, a green woodpecker cries in the copse, and immediately afterwards flies across the mead, and away to another plantation.
        Nature Near London
        9
        The joy I feel at seeing them is heightened by the sudden yaffle of a green woodpecker echoing through the wood.
        The Guardian
        10
        A green woodpecker starts from a tree, and can be watched between the trunks as he flies; his bright colour marks him.
        The Life of the Fields
        11
        Another bird that has defied the gun and trap is the green woodpecker, which used to be killed for alleged destruction of timber.
        The Life of the Fields
        12
        The green woodpecker approaches at a rapid pace-nowopening, now closing his wings, and seeming to throw himself forward rather than to fly.
        The Amateur Poacher
        13
        Laying the arrow aside, Jamie cupped his hands around his mouth and gave a remarkably good imitation of the call of a green woodpecker.
        Outlander
        14
        Amateur photographer Martin Le-May, from Essex, took the shots of a weasel flying on the back of a green woodpecker in east London on Monday.
        The Irish Times
        15
        It is fond of taking possession of the old nest-holes of the Green Woodpecker.
        The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1
        16
        These are handsome birds, and with the green woodpeckers give colour to the trees.
        Field and Hedgerow: Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies
        This collocation consists of:
        Translations for green woodpecker
        portuguès
        peto verde
        català
        pigot verd
        Green woodpecker through the time
        Green woodpecker across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common