As nouns the difference between acorn and carpintero
is that
acorn is the fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule while
carpintero is 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 larvae, which, when grown, are extracted for food by the bird.
acorn English
Noun
( en noun)
The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
(nautical) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
(zoology) See acorn-shell .
(slang, usually in plural) A testicle.
Derived terms
* acorn cup
* acorn nut
* acorn squash
* eggcorn
* ride a horse foaled by an acorn
Holonyms
* (fruit of an oak) oak
See also
* (wikipedia)
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carpintero English
Noun
( en noun)
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 larvae, which, when grown, are extracted for food by the bird.
( Webster 1913)
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