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- Spanish · borrowed fromcarpintero“carpenter; woodpecker”
- English todaycarpintero
Borrowed from Spanish carpintero (“carpenter; woodpecker”). Doublet of carpenter.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
carpintero
Today it means: The acorn woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus, a woodpecker of southwestern North America, noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees. Full definition →
Spanish carpintero