啄木鸟

啄木鳥
zhuómùniǎo
woodpecker

CEDICT

woodpecker

Wiktionary

动物名。鸟纲鴷形目啄木鸟科。嘴锐直而坚，能破树皮穿穴，舌细长，尖端有钩，可捕食树洞裡的蠹虫。足四趾，二向前，二向后，便于攀援树木。通常栖息于森林中，在树干上筑巢而居。

重編國語辭典

一种中小型的鸟类，有着强直尖锐的喙和长而伸缩自如的舌头，适于凿开树皮、钩食树木内蛀虫。

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 啄木 zhuómù
  1. (literary) woodpecker
  2. woodpecker
2 鸟 niǎo
  1. bird
  2. "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196)
  3. (dialect) to pay attention to
  4. (intensifier) damned
  5. goddamn

classifiers: 隻, 群

Containing this entry

三趾啄木鸟 sānzhǐzhuómùniǎo (bird species of China) Eurasian three-toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus)
大拟啄木鸟 dànǐzhuómùniǎo (bird species of China) great barbet (Psilopogon virens)
大斑啄木鸟 dàbānzhuómùniǎo (bird species of China) great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
大灰啄木鸟 dàhuīzhuómùniǎo (bird species of China) great slaty woodpecker (Mulleripicus pulverulentus)
大金背啄木鸟 dàjīnbèizhuómùniǎo (bird species of China) buff-spotted flameback (Chrysocolaptes lucidus)
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