1. a type of woodpecker that drills holes in trees to feed on sap and insects

Examples

• The yellow-bellied sapsucker is common in North American forests.
• We could see the neat rows of holes the sapsucker had drilled in the maple tree.
• Sapsuckers return to the same trees repeatedly to maintain their feeding sites.
• The red-naped sapsucker migrates south for the winter.
• Hummingbirds often visit sapsucker holes to drink the sweet sap.
• The sapsucker’s drilling creates a distinctive pattern on tree bark.