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pecking

/ˈpɛkɪŋ/ sustantivo C2

En español: picoteo, talla por piqueteado

  1. The act by which something is pecked. (countable, uncountable) · the peckings of hungry chickens
  2. The ancient skill of shaping stone into tools, containers, or artworks. (countable, uncountable)

Plural peckings

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De la biblioteca

But when one day he forgot himself and began to chatter, they discovered his true character and drove him forth, pecking him with their beaks.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 69 · B2
Always pecking at new things are the Bandar-log.
The Jungle Book, p. 40 · B2
This rabbit dead, the Abbé Adelmonte has its entrails taken out by his cook and thrown on the dunghill; on this dunghill is a hen, who, pecking these intestines, is in her turn taken ill, and dies next day.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 530 · C1

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