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ches a length of two and a half feet, is dark olive- green with small white or yellowish specks on the sides, and has yellow spines along the back, except on the neck.

umerical values, as 1 foot, 1 yard, 1 mile, 1 square foot, 1 square yard, 1 cubic foot, 1 peck, 1 bushel, 1 gallon, 1 cent, 1 ounce, 1 pound, 1 hour, and the like; more specifically, the fundamental unit adopted in any system of weights, measures, or money, by which its several denominations are regulated, and which is…

Thickly marked with small, round specks; spotted.

n of a problem, to see whether it expresses truly the conditions of the problem. Davies & Peck. (Math. Dict.)

nkey (Cercopithecus pygerythrus, or Lelandii). The upper parts are grayish green, finely specked with black. The cheeks and belly are reddish white.

The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor). [Prov. Eng.]

e moving so that no two of its consecutive positions shall be in the same plane. Davies & Peck.

The green woodpecker, or yaffle. See Yaffle. [Prov. Eng.]

The greater spotted woodpecker. [Prov. Eng.]

losely resembles the pewee, but is smaller. -- Wood pie (Zoöl.), any black and white woodpecker, especially the European great spotted woodpecker. -- Wood pigeon. (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons belonging to Palumbus and allied genera of the family Columbidæ. (b) The ringdove. -- Wood pu…

The yaffle, or green woodpecker. [Prov. Eng.]

A woodpecker.

Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus Jynx, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European species (J. torguilla); -- so called from its habit of turning the neck around in different directions. Called also cuckoo's mate, snakebird, summer bird, tonguebird, and writheneck.…

The European green woodpecker (Picus, or Genius, viridis). It is noted for its loud laughlike note. Called also eccle, hewhole, highhoe, laughing bird, popinjay, rain bird, yaffil, yaffler, yaffingale, yappingale, yackel, and woodhack.

a where vision is most accurate. See Eye. (b) (Zoöl.) A small American butterfly (Polites Peckius) of the Skipper family. Its wings are brownish, with a large, irregular, bright yellow spot on each of the hind wings, most conspicuous beneath. Called also Peck's skipper. See Illust. under Skipper, n., 5. -- Yellow tit…

Having two toes in front and two behind, as the trogons and woodpeckers.

f a surface of revolution included between two planes perpendicular to the axis. Davies & Peck (Math. Dict.)

-- applied to birds which have two toes before and two behind, as the parrot, cuckoo, woodpecker, etc.