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Definition of Sapsuckers
1. sapsucker [n] - See also: sapsucker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sapsuckers
Literary usage of Sapsuckers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1917)
"98, wherein the author, Mr. WL McAtee, speaking of some defensive measures against
sapsuckers recommends poisoning the sap, ..."
2. From Blomidon to Smoky: And Other Papers by Frank Bolles (1894)
"... YOUNG sapsuckers IN CAPTIVITY. I SPENT much time during the summer of 1890 in
watching yellow-breasted woodpeckers at work in their " orchards" near Mt. ..."
3. Bulletin by Bureau of Biological Survey, United States (1911)
"Sixty-three of the total number of trees and shrubs are seriously damaged by
sapsuckers and 31 of them, besides 1 vine, are known to be killed. ..."
4. The Popular Science Monthly (1894)
"In some parts of the country sapsuckers are roughly treated on account of their
destruction of ... My sapsuckers are welcome to several forest trees a year, ..."
5. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1899)
"LARVA KILLERS, NOT sapsuckers. It was said, in a recent RECREATION, that woodpeckers
... Therefore do I say again—don't kill the woodpeckers or sapsuckers. ..."
6. Western Birds by Harriet Williams Myers (1922)
"GENUS SPHYRAPICUS: sapsuckers. FAMILY—WOODPECKERS. OUR group of Woodpeckers known
as sapsuckers are among our handsomest birds but because of their sap- ..."
7. Proceedings of the Ohio Academy of Science by Ohio Academy of Science (1899)
"I had seen no yellow-bellied sapsuckers earlier in the season but that morning
they were numerous. Seventy-five, it is said, were seen in a single yard at ..."
8. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1917)
"98, wherein the author, Mr. WL McAtee, speaking of some defensive measures against
sapsuckers recommends poisoning the sap, ..."
9. From Blomidon to Smoky: And Other Papers by Frank Bolles (1894)
"... YOUNG sapsuckers IN CAPTIVITY. I SPENT much time during the summer of 1890 in
watching yellow-breasted woodpeckers at work in their " orchards" near Mt. ..."
10. Bulletin by Bureau of Biological Survey, United States (1911)
"Sixty-three of the total number of trees and shrubs are seriously damaged by
sapsuckers and 31 of them, besides 1 vine, are known to be killed. ..."
11. The Popular Science Monthly (1894)
"In some parts of the country sapsuckers are roughly treated on account of their
destruction of ... My sapsuckers are welcome to several forest trees a year, ..."
12. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1899)
"LARVA KILLERS, NOT sapsuckers. It was said, in a recent RECREATION, that woodpeckers
... Therefore do I say again—don't kill the woodpeckers or sapsuckers. ..."
13. Western Birds by Harriet Williams Myers (1922)
"GENUS SPHYRAPICUS: sapsuckers. FAMILY—WOODPECKERS. OUR group of Woodpeckers known
as sapsuckers are among our handsomest birds but because of their sap- ..."
14. Proceedings of the Ohio Academy of Science by Ohio Academy of Science (1899)
"I had seen no yellow-bellied sapsuckers earlier in the season but that morning
they were numerous. Seventy-five, it is said, were seen in a single yard at ..."
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