"Carpintero" is a word in ENGLISH
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 larvae, which, when grown,
are extracted for food by the bird.
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A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
Read the complete definitionSee Acorn-shell.
Read the complete definitionThe fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
Read the complete definitionThe involucre or cup in which the acorn is fixed.
Read the complete definitionFurnished or loaded with acorns.
Read the complete definitionFed or filled with acorns.
Read the complete definitionOne of the sessile cirripeds; a barnacle of the genus Balanus. See Barnacle.
Read the complete definitionHaving fruit inclosed within a covering that does not form a part of itself; as, the filbert covered by its …
Read the complete definitionBearing or producing acorns.
Read the complete definitionResembling an acorn; -- applied to a group of barnacles having shells shaped like acorns. See Acornshell, and Barnacle.
Read the complete definitionClosely united by the coalescence, or sticking together, of contiguous faces, as in the case of the cotyledons of the …
Read the complete definitionAnything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of a flower.
Read the complete definitionA cuplet or little cup, as of the acorn; the husk or bur of the filbert, chestnut, etc.
Read the complete definitionA small European rodent of the genus Myoxus, of several species. They live in trees and feed on nuts, acorns, …
Read the complete definitionBearing acorns or other nuts; as, glandiferous trees.
Read the complete definitionThe acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits.
Read the complete definitionIn the clvll law. Acorns or nuts of the oak or other trees. In a larger sense, all fruits of …
Read the complete definitionLying over each other in regular order, so as to \"break joints,\" like tiles or shingles on a roof, the …
Read the complete definitionRemaining closed at maturity, or not opening along regular lines, as the acorn, or a cocoanut.
Read the complete definitionA kind of gall produced by a gallfly on the cup of an acorn, -- used in tanning and dyeing.
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