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 the subclass Neognathae — the woodpeckers, barbets, toucans, jacamars, puffbirds and honeyguides etc.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun woodpeckers; jacamars; puffbirds; barbets; honey guides; toucans

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Piciformes.

Examples

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.