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che-ge-cheehl

Dictionary entry

che-ge-cheehl • n • red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber)

Lexicon record # 23 | Source reference(s): R190 JE180 FS(B198)
Semantic domain: birds

Sentence examples (3)

  1. [Ch'ue'ch'eesh hes wee' k'ee che-ge-cheehl?] Che-ge-cheehl kwel kem 'ok'w 'we-cheeesh, weesh-teesh mehl 'we-che-ge-cheehl.
    [Is the sapsucker a ch'u'ch'ish?] Chegechihl also has a topknot, that's why they call them chegechihl.

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    — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)