yellow-bellied sapsucker

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   eastern North American sapsucker having a pale yellow abdomen

   SynonymsSphyrapicus varius

   Broadersapsucker

Questions about yellow-bellied sapsucker

What does yellow-bellied sapsucker mean?

yellow-bellied sapsucker means "eastern North American sapsucker having a pale yellow abdomen".

What is another word for yellow-bellied sapsucker?

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

yellow-bellied sapsucker 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.