啄たく木ぼく

noun

woodpecker

A somewhat literary or formal term for woodpecker; in everyday speech, キツツキ is more common.

See also: キツツキ (きつつき)

• 森もりの中なかで啄たく木ぼくのドラミングが聞きこえた。

  I heard the drumming of a woodpecker in the forest.