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The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); -- called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and pump borer.

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  1. n. The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); -- called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and pump borer.
  2. n. a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks
  3. n. a person who strikes a surface lightly and usually repeatedly
  4. n. a worker who uses a tap to cut screw threads
  5. n. someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire
  6. n. a dancer who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoes
  7. The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); -- called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and pump borer. [Prov. Eng.]
  8. The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); -- calledalso tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpecker, woodtapper, hickwall, and pump borer. [Prov. Eng.]
  9. n:100 n. a person who strikes a surface lightly and usually repeatedly n. a worker who uses a tap to cut screw threads n. someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire