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high-holder
(gcide) | 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. (Zool.) 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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High-holder
(gcide) | High-holder \High"-hold`er\, n. (Zool.)
The flicker; -- called also high-hole. [Local, U. S.]
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high-holder
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus);
-- so called from its spring note. Called also
yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and
yucca.
[1913 Webster]
The cackle of the flicker among the oaks.
--Thoureau.
[1913 Webster]High-holder \High"-hold`er\, n. (Zool.)
The flicker; -- called also high-hole. [Local, U. S.]
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