picus viridis

1. 1.

   woodpecker of Europe and western Asia

   Synonymsgreen woodpecker

   Broaderwoodpecker

   Part ofPicus

Questions about picus viridis

What does picus viridis mean?

picus viridis means "woodpecker of Europe and western Asia".

What is another word for picus viridis?

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

picus viridis 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.