Definition of Melanerpes

1. Noun. A genus of Picidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Melanerpes
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Picidae, Picidae
Member holonyms: Melanerpes Erythrocephalus, Redhead, Redheaded Woodpecker

Lexicographical Neighbors of Melanerpes

Mejico
Mekcase
Mekhitarist
Mekhitarists
Mekong
Mekong River
Mel
Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson
Mel Gibson
Melampodium
Melampodium leucanthum
Melampsora
Melampsora lini
Melampsoraceae
Melanchthon
Melanerpes (current term)
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Melanesia
Melanesian
Melanesians
Melanie
Melanie Klein
Melanitta
Melanitta nigra
Melanochroi
Melanogrammus
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Melanoplus
Melanotis
Melanotis caerulescens

Literary usage of Melanerpes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. �Etudes m�edicales sur les serpents de la Vend�ee et de Loire-Inf�erieure by Ambroise Viaud-Grand-Marais, George Robert Gray (1868)
"Melanerpes erythrocephalus, Sw. Classif. of B. ii. p. 310. ... Melanerpes flavigularis, Sclat. Pr. ZS (1856) p. 307. Melanerpes formicivorus ?, pt., Baird, ..."

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