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Piciformes

noun

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

• Syn: ↑order Piciformes

• Hypernyms: ↑animal order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves

• Member Meronyms:

↑piciform bird, ↑Picidae, ↑family Picidae, ↑Capitonidae, ↑family Capitonidae, ↑Bucconidae, ↑family Bucconidae, ↑Indicatoridae, ↑family Indicatoridae, ↑Galbulidae, ↑family Galbulidae, ↑Ramphastidae, ↑family Ramphastidae

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈfȯrˌmēz\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Picus + -iformes

: an order of nonpasserine birds formerly restricted to the woodpeckers but now usually including also the jacamars, puffbirds, barbets, honey guides, and toucans

Useful english dictionary. 2012.