Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Garrod's classification, a superfamily of anomalogonatous picarian birds, having a tufted oil-gland, one carotid, and no cæca, including the Picidæ and some related families: contrasted with Cypseliformes.
- noun In Coues's system (1884), the woodpeckers alone as a suborder of Picariæ, composed of the three families Picidæ, Picumnidæ, and Iyngidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun plural (Zoöl.) A group of birds including the woodpeckers, toucans, barbets, colies, kingfishes, hornbills, and some other related groups.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A taxonomic
order within thesubclass Neognathae — thewoodpeckers ,barbets ,toucans ,jacamars ,puffbirds andhoneyguides etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun woodpeckers; jacamars; puffbirds; barbets; honey guides; toucans
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Anatomy and evolution of the feeding apparatus in the avian orders Coraciiformes and Piciformes.
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Anatomy and evolution of the feeding apparatus in the avian orders Coraciiformes and Piciformes.
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