woodpecker; a tree-dwelling bird with a sharp beak for pecking through bark to eat insects

(of a bird or poultry) to peck at food using its beak

Originally referring to the feeding of birds, this phrase later came to mean a person's food and drink; it often carries the idea that one's lot in life is determined by fate.

(bird species of China) Eurasian three-toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus)

(literary) the sound of a light tap or knock on a door or window; also used to describe the sound of playing chess

a bird species of China, specifically Dicaeum agile

Taiwan barbet (Psilopogon nuchalis), a bird species endemic to Taiwan

The sound of tapping or knocking at a door; also used to describe the sound of a bird pecking for food or a hen cackling.

large species of parrot native to the Southern Alps of New Zealand

any of several small songbirds of the family Dicaeidae

(bird species of China) great barbet (Psilopogon virens)

a bird species of China with the scientific name Dendrocopos major

the great slaty woodpecker (Mulleripicus pulverulentus), a large bird species found in parts of China and Southeast Asia

(bird species of China) buff-spotted flameback (Chrysocolaptes lucidus)

a bird species of China (Chrysophlegma flavinucha)

the lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor); a small species of woodpecker found throughout Europe and parts of Asia

(bird species of China) Japanese pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus kizuki)

lineated barbet (Psilopogon lineatus), a bird species found in China

a bird species native to Asia, also known as the speckled piculet (Picumnus innominatus)

a bird species native to China with the scientific name Yungipicus canicapillus

(bird species of China) scarlet-backed flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum)

a bird species of China, also known by the scientific name Micropternus brachyurus

a bird species of China (Dendrocopos hyperythrus)

(bird species of China) grey-headed woodpecker (Picus canus)

(bird species of China) white-browed piculet (Sasia ochracea)

a bird species of China (Dendrocopos leucopterus)

white-backed woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos)

(bird species of China) white-bellied woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis)

(bird species of China) pale-headed woodpecker (Gecinulus grantia)

a species of bird found in China (Dicaeum ignipectus)

a species of woodpecker native to parts of Asia including southern China

a bird species of China (Dicaeum minullum)

a bird species native to parts of Asia, including Southwest China, with the scientific name Dendrocopos atratus

A moxibustion technique in traditional Chinese medicine where the ignited moxa stick is moved up and down over a point, resembling a bird pecking at grain

(bird species of China) the laced woodpecker (Picus vittatus)

a bird species native to Asia, also known by the scientific name Dendrocopos macei

a bird species of China, Psilopogon asiaticus

blue-eared barbet (Psilopogon cyanotis); a bird species native to Southeast Asia and parts of China

(bird species of China) crimson-naped woodpecker; crimson-breasted woodpecker (Dryobates cathpharius)

a bird species of China (Psilopogon haemacephalus)

a bird species of China, Psilopogon franklinii

a bird species of China (Dinopium javanense)

(bird species of China) streak-throated woodpecker; Picus xanthopygaeus

(bird species of China) scaly-bellied woodpecker (Picus squamatus)

a species of woodpecker native to South and Southeast Asia, Picus chlorolophus

(bird species of China) bay woodpecker (Blythipicus pyrrhotis)

(bird species of China) green-eared barbet (Psilopogon faiostrictus)

(bird species of China) yellow-vented flowerpecker (Dicaeum chrysorrheum)

a bird species of China, Dicaeum melanozanthum