Usually means: Small, black-and-white, tree-clinging bird.
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  1. downy woodpecker: Merriam-Webster
  2. downy woodpecker: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. downy woodpecker: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. downy woodpecker: Vocabulary.com
  5. downy woodpecker: Wordnik
  6. downy woodpecker: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. downy woodpecker: Dictionary.com
  8. Downy Woodpecker, Downy woodpecker: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. downy woodpecker: Rhymezone
  10. downy woodpecker: FreeDictionary.org
  11. downy woodpecker: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. downy woodpecker: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. downy woodpecker: Wiktionary

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▸ noun:  A small woodpecker native to North America, Dryobates pubescens

Similar:
lesser spotted woodpecker, lesser goldfinch, Calliope hummingbird, American goldfinch, piculet, northern flicker, wood sandpiper, red-cockaded woodpecker, boreal chickadee, Eurasian pygmy owl, more...

Opposite:
hairy woodpecker

Types:
red-bellied, yellow-bellied, red-headed, red-breasted, red-naped, red-capped, more...

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Similar:
lesser spotted woodpecker, lesser goldfinch, Calliope hummingbird, American goldfinch, piculet, northern flicker, wood sandpiper, red-cockaded woodpecker, boreal chickadee, Eurasian pygmy owl, more...

Opposite:
hairy woodpecker

Types:
red-bellied, yellow-bellied, red-headed, red-breasted, red-naped, red-capped, more...



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