crankbird

English edit

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Noun edit

crankbird (plural crankbirds)

(dialect, dated) A small European woodpecker (Dryobates minor, formerly Picus minor).

Synonyms edit

lesser spotted woodpecker

References edit

“crankbird”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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