| NOUN | an acorn woodpecker | acorn woodpeckers |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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Usage Examples English
- The acorn woodpecker showed that when in a group of 7–8 individuals, the success rate of reproduction increased, but would decrease if more members joined the group.
- If you hear a knocking on wood, it's probably an acorn woodpecker.
- All of 68 bird species observed in oak woodlands of the Tehachapi Mountains of California used California black oak for part of their foraging activities. Acorn woodpecker, Bullock's oriole, and Nashville warbler show strong preferences for California black oak.
- Cartoonist Walter Lantz is believed to have based the appearance of his creation Woody Woodpecker on the pileated woodpecker; while patterning the call on the acorn woodpecker.
- Destroying eggs such that only one female's eggs survive is documented in cooperatively breeding birds such as acorn woodpeckers ("Melanerpes formicivorus").
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