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δρυοκολάπτης

δρυοκολάπτης, the woodpecker

δρῠο-κολάπτης, ου, ὁ,
  • woodpecker, of which Arist. distinguishes four species, the great black, Picus martius, the green, Picus viridis, and the spotted (both greater and less), Picus major and minor, HA 593a5, cf. 614b7, Str. 5.4.2; = Lat. picus, D.H. 1.14:—also δρυκολάπτης, Ar. Av. 480, 979; δρῠοκόλαψ, Hsch. s.v. ἵπτα (prob. l.); δρῠοκόπος, Arist. PA 662b7.

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