Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Carpintero"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Carpintero \Car`pin*te"ro\ (k[add]r`p[-e]n*t[asl]"r[-o]), n.
[Sp., a carpenter, a woodpecker.]
A california woodpecker ({Melanerpes formicivorus)}, noted
for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in
trees. The acorns become infested by insect larv[ae], which,
when grown, are extracted for food by the bird.


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