gilded flicker

1. 1.

   southwestern United States bird like the yellow-shafted flicker but lacking the red neck

   SynonymsColaptes chrysoides

   Broaderflicker

Questions about gilded flicker

What does gilded flicker mean?

gilded flicker means "southwestern United States bird like the yellow-shafted flicker but lacking the red neck".

What is another word for gilded flicker?

Close synonyms include Colaptes chrysoides. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gilded flicker a common word?

gilded flicker is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.