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black woodpecker

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈblækˈwʊdpɛkə(ɹ)/
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noun

Meaning 1

Any of species Dryocopus martius of woodpeckers (family Picidae).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

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Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: qukapiku i zi — Dryocopus martius
  • Asturian: picapodrizu — Dryocopus martius
  • Asturian: picafayes — Dryocopus martius
  • Basque: okil beltz — Dryocopus martius
  • Belarusian: жаўна (žawna) — Dryocopus martius
  • Belarusian: чорны дзяцел (čórny dzjacjel) — Dryocopus martius
  • Breton: speg du — Dryocopus martius
  • Bulgarian: черен кълвач (čeren kǎlvač) — Dryocopus martius
  • Catalan: picot negre — Dryocopus martius
  • Czech: datel — Dryocopus martius
  • Danish: sortspætte — Dryocopus martius
  • Dutch: zwarte specht — Dryocopus martius
  • Esperanto: nigra pego — Dryocopus martius
  • Estonian: musträhn — Dryocopus martius
  • Finnish: palokärki — Dryocopus martius
  • French: pic noir — Dryocopus martius
  • West-Frisian: swarte spjocht — Dryocopus martius
  • Friulian: pic neri — Dryocopus martius
  • Friulian: pic — Dryocopus martius
  • Friulian: picot — Dryocopus martius
  • Galician: peto — Dryocopus martius
  • German: Schwarzspecht — Dryocopus martius
  • Greek: μαυροτσικλιτάρα (mavrotsiklitára) — Dryocopus martius
  • Hungarian: fekete harkály — Dryocopus martius
  • Ingrian: tulilintu — Dryocopus martius
  • Ingrian: koro — Dryocopus martius
  • Ingrian: korolintu — Dryocopus martius
  • Ingrian: kärki — Dryocopus martius
  • Irish: cnagaire dubh — Dryocopus martius
  • Italian: picchio nero — Dryocopus martius
  • Korean: 까막딱따구리 (kkamakttakttaguri) — Dryocopus martius
  • Ladin: becalen fosch — Dryocopus martius
  • Latvian: melnā dzilna — Dryocopus martius
  • Lithuanian: juodoji meleta — Dryocopus martius
  • Macedonian: црн клукајдрвец (crn klukajdrvec) — Dryocopus martius
  • Maltese: bulebbiet aħdar — Dryocopus martius
  • Mongolian: хар тоншуул (xar tonšuul) — Dryocopus martius
  • Navajo: tó wónaanídę́ę́ʼ tsįįłkaałiizhiin bitsiitʼáád halchíʼígíí — Dryocopus martius
  • Occitan: pic negre — Dryocopus martius
  • Pannonian Rusyn: лєсов дохтор (ljesov doxtor) — Dryocopus martius
  • Polish: dzięcioł czarny — Dryocopus martius
  • Portuguese: peto preto — Dryocopus martius
  • Romani: kalo-chuplitari m kali-chiplitarka — Dryocopus martius
  • Romanian: ciocănitoare neagră — Dryocopus martius
  • Romansh: pitgalain nair — Dryocopus martius
  • Russian: желна́ (želná) — Dryocopus martius
  • Russian: чёрный дя́тел (čórnyj djátel) — Dryocopus martius
  • Northern Sami: ruovddagas — Dryocopus martius
  • Scottish Gaelic: cnag dhubh — Dryocopus martius
  • Serbo-Croatian: црна жуна — Dryocopus martius
  • Serbo-Croatian: crna žuna — Dryocopus martius
  • Slovak: ďateľ čierny — Dryocopus martius
  • Slovak: tesár čierny — Dryocopus martius
  • Slovene: črna žolna — Dryocopus martius
  • Upper Sorbian: čorny dypornak — Dryocopus martius
  • Upper Sorbian: čorny dypak — Dryocopus martius
  • Spanish: pito negro — Dryocopus martius
  • Swedish: spillkråka — Dryocopus martius
  • Turkish: kara ağaçkakan — Dryocopus martius
  • Udmurt: сьӧдкыр (śödkyr) — Dryocopus martius
  • Ukrainian: жовна (žovna) — Dryocopus martius
  • Welsh: cnocell ddu — Dryocopus martius
  • Welsh: coblyn du — Dryocopus martius