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Picidae

noun

woodpeckers

• Syn: ↑family Picidae

• Hypernyms: ↑bird family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Piciformes, ↑order Piciformes

• Member Meronyms:

↑woodpecker, ↑peckerwood, ↑pecker, ↑Picus, ↑genus Picus, ↑Picoides, ↑genus Picoides, ↑Colaptes, ↑genus Colaptes, ↑Campephilus, ↑genus Campephilus, ↑Melanerpes, ↑genus Melanerpes, ↑Sphyrapicus, ↑genus Sphyrapicus, ↑Jynx, ↑genus Jynx, ↑Picumnus, ↑genus Picumnus

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\\ˈpisəˌdē, ˈpīs-\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Picus, type genus + -idae

: a family of birds (suborder Pici) comprising the woodpeckers, the piculets, and the wrynecks

Useful english dictionary. 2012.