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sap•suck•er
Pronunciation: (sap'suk"ur), [key]—
n.
any of several American woodpeckers of the genus
Sphyrapicus that drill holes in maple, apple, hemlock, etc., drinking the sap and eating the insects that gather there. Cf.
yellow-bellied sapsucker. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.