pecker vs ivory-billed woodpecker

ivory-billed woodpecker vs pecker

pecker and ivory-billed woodpecker both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pecker	Yes	No	No	No
ivory-billed woodpecker	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, ivory-billed woodpecker is a hyponym of pecker; that is, ivory-billed woodpecker is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pecker:

pecker: bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects
ivory-billed woodpecker: large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill; nearly extinct

Other hyponyms of pecker include green woodpecker, Picus viridis, downy woodpecker, flicker, Campephilus principalis, ivorybill, Melanerpes erythrocephalus, redhead, redheaded woodpecker, sapsucker, wryneck, piculet.

pecker (noun)	ivory-billed woodpecker (noun)
bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects	large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill; nearly extinct
horny projecting mouth of a bird
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Difference between pecker and ivory-billed woodpecker

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