音标:[ˈwʊdˌpekəz] ;
n. 啄木鸟( woodpecker的复数形式 )
n. bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects

Tragedy has produced opportunity among the acorn woodpeckers here in California's Carmel Valley. The second of two breeding females in this particular communal group has been killed, probably by the birds of prey that kill one in five of the acorn wo

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Woodpecker s and Fungus 啄木鸟和真菌 W: Woodpecker s puncture the bark of dead or dying trees, also known as snags, to find the wood-boring insects that make up their diet, and some species also excavate cavities in these trees for their nests.

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(40) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力文摘 English Digest

Woodpeckers Drum to their Own Tune Humans can recognize each other by voice alone. I sound different from other 60-Second Science reporters, for example. In fact, lots of non-human animals, of all types, use voices to distinguish familiar individuals

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