green woodpecker

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   woodpecker of Europe and western Asia

   SynonymsPicus viridis

   Broaderwoodpecker

   Part ofPicus

Questions about green woodpecker

What does green woodpecker mean?

green woodpecker means "woodpecker of Europe and western Asia".

What is another word for green woodpecker?

Close synonyms include Picus viridis. 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 green woodpecker a common word?

green woodpecker 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.