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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CARPINTERO

Car `pin *te "ro, n. Etym: [Sp. , a carpenter, a woodpecker. ]

 

Defn: A california woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus ), noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees. The acorns become infested by insect larvæ, which, when grown, are extracted for food by the bird.

 

Spanish Dictionary

carpintero, -ra

carpintero, -ra nombre masculino y femenino 1 Persona que tiene por oficio fabricar o arreglar objetos de madera :encargaron los muebles de la biblioteca a un carpintero .2 nombre masculino Pájaro carpintero .SINÓNIMO picamaderos, pico, pito .