\Car`pin*te"ro\ (k[add]r`p[-e]n*t[asl]"r[-o]), n.
[Sp., a carpenter, a woodpecker.]
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 larv[ae], which,
when grown, are extracted for food by the bird.