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pecker

pecker

7 6.8
A bird's hard mouth part used for pecking and eating
  • noun
  • /ˈpɛkər/
translation icon : pico
  • A bird's pecker is essential for foraging and eating different types of food.

Examples

  • - Does a chicken have a pecker?

    Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988)

  • That broken beak lost your bird his pecker power, Frank.

    Cockfighter (1974)

  • During the flowering season, these flowering tree species attract a variety of insects, sunbirds, spider-hunters, and flower-peckers that feed on nectar and hunt for insects.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Flower-peckers foraged the treetops with their characteristic glass-scratching call, and kingfishers perched on strategic branches overlooking various ponds.

    Academic text (2006)

  • The woodpecker used its strong pecker to drill into the tree for insects.

  • The parrot's bright red pecker stands out against its green feathers.

Synonyms

beak
vspecker
35 1.0

The hard pointed part of a bird's mouth used to eat and pick up food

is a general bird mouthpart term that includes this pointed sense
bill
vspecker
11 3.6

A hard mouth part on a bird used to eat and groom

is more neutral and names the same mouthpart without functions
neb
vspecker
  • Archaic
2 9.9

A bird's or animal's beak that sticks out and is used for eating

is limited to bird mouthparts and does not include nose or animals

Idioms

to keep someone's pecker up
  • Archaic
9.9

Stay cheerful and hopeful during hard times

Surface Forms

pecker singular
peckers plural

Morphology

pecker = peck (semi-transparent) = peck + er

Formed from 'peck' + '-er'; the connection to pecking is clear, but the noun meaning 'beak' is an instrument/extension rather than a simple agent, so learners may need context.

Etymology

Pecker comes from the simple verb peck ('to jab or bite quickly with a beak') plus the ending -er meaning 'the thing that does it', so a pecker is 'the thing that pecks', a bird's beak.