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nounzebra-back (plural zebra-backs)
plural zebra-backs
- Synonym of red-bellied woodpecker.
On one occasion, I noticed a pair of these birds separated by a red-headed woodpecker. One of the "zebra-backs" was cornered in an excavation in a limb of a tree […]
1927, Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, volume 36, page 323Synonyms: red-bellied woodpecker
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of red-bellied woodpecker.
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