picamaderos

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of pica (“to stab”) ‎ maderos (“pieces of wood”).

Etymology

From picar ‎ madero.

Noun

picamaderos m (plural picamaderos)

1. woodpecker

   Synonyms: pájaro carpintero, carpinterito, picatroncos

Derived terms

• picamaderos de Magallanes
• picamaderos picomarfil

 

Further reading

• “picamaderos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28