Woodhewer

Quick meaning: Woodhewer is a noun meaning Any of various passerines of subfamily Dendrocolaptinae, found in South America and Central America having a curved bill, stiff tail feathers, and which feed like woodpeckers; a woodcreeper.

Meaning

Any of various passerines of subfamily Dendrocolaptinae, found in South America and Central America having a curved bill, stiff tail feathers, and which feed like woodpeckers; a woodcreeper.

More Meanings

1. Alternative form of wood-hewer.

Example Sentences

A loud series of descending whistles from the dark shadows was an ivory-billed woodhewer; and an explosive song in the undergrowth, a gray-breasted wood wren.

Construction-related occupations include blockmakers, potmakers, carpenters, woodhewers, masons, builders and hardware store owners; these activities are all carried out by men.

In the two American families of tyrant-birds and woodhewers, neither of which are songsters, there is in some of the closely-related species a remarkable family resemblance in their voices.

The tree talked like a bird whose feathered weight Nested in him; and he with twisted tongue Could swear like the woodhewer whose dark face Was bright with sweat as he raised up and swung His naked arms with awkwardness and grace.

Word Forms

• woodhewers

Synonyms for woodhewer

Depending on context, synonyms include woodcreeper.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include woodcreeper, dendrocolaptid, woodpecker, treecreeper, woodbird, sabrebill.

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