- piciform bird
- nounany of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood• Hypernyms: ↑bird• Hyponyms:• Member Holonyms: ↑Piciformes, ↑order Piciformes
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piciform — [pi′sə fôrm΄] adj. of, or having the nature of, an order (Piciformes) of birds, including woodpeckers and toucans, having two front and two hind toes for clinging to vertical surfaces * * * ▪ bird Introduction any member of the group of birds… … Universalium
bird — birdless, adj. /berrd/, n. 1. any warm blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard shelled egg. 2. a fowl or game bird. 3 … Universalium
Bird — /berrd/, n. Larry, born 1956, U.S. basketball player. * * * I Any of the warm blooded, beaked vertebrates of the class Aves, including more than 9,600 living species. A covering of feathers distinguishes birds from all other animals. Birds have a … Universalium
honey guide — noun small bird of tropical Africa and Asia; feeds on beeswax and honey and larvae • Hypernyms: ↑piciform bird • Member Holonyms: ↑Indicatoridae, ↑family Indicatoridae * * * noun 1. : any of several small plainly colored nonpasserine birds of the … Useful english dictionary
jacamar — noun tropical American insectivorous bird having a long sharp bill and iridescent green or bronze plumage • Hypernyms: ↑piciform bird • Member Holonyms: ↑Galbulidae, ↑family Galbulidae … Useful english dictionary
peckerwood — noun bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel like bill for boring into wood for insects • Syn: ↑woodpecker, ↑pecker • Hypernyms: ↑piciform bird • Hyponyms: ↑green woodpecker, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
puffbird — noun brownish tropical American bird having a large head with fluffed out feathers • Hypernyms: ↑piciform bird • Member Holonyms: ↑Bucconidae, ↑family Bucconidae … Useful english dictionary
order Piciformes — noun woodpeckers; jacamars; puffbirds; barbets; honey guides; toucans • Syn: ↑Piciformes • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves • … Useful english dictionary
Piciformes — noun woodpeckers; jacamars; puffbirds; barbets; honey guides; toucans • Syn: ↑order Piciformes • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves … Useful english dictionary
psittaciform — ▪ bird Introduction any member of the group of more than 360 species of generally brightly coloured, noisy birds, to which the general name parrot may be applied. All belong to just two families. In the family Psittacidae are parakeets… … Universalium
