sphyrapicus varius

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   eastern North American sapsucker having a pale yellow abdomen

   Synonymsyellow-bellied sapsucker

   Broadersapsucker

Questions about sphyrapicus varius

What does sphyrapicus varius mean?

sphyrapicus varius means "eastern North American sapsucker having a pale yellow abdomen".

What is another word for sphyrapicus varius?

Close synonyms include yellow-bellied sapsucker. 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 sphyrapicus varius a common word?

sphyrapicus varius 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.