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Definition: pigeon woodpecker
Flicker
\Flick"er\, n.
1. The act of wavering or of fluttering; fluctuation; sudden
and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of
the dying flame.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) The golden-winged woodpecker (
Colaptes aurutus
); -- so called from its spring note. Called also
yellow-hammer,
high-holder,
pigeon woodpecker, and
yucca.
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The cackle of the flicker among the oaks.
--Thoureau.
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