Definition of Picidae

1. Noun. Woodpeckers.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Picidae

Picea abies
Picea breweriana
Picea engelmannii
Picea glauca
Picea mariana
Picea obovata
Picea orientalis
Picea pungens
Picea rubens
Picea sitchensis
Pichileminian
Pichileminians
Pichilemo
Pichilemu
Pichilemu City
Picidae (current term)
Pick's atrophy
Pick's bodies
Pick's bundle
Pick's syndrome
Pick cell
Pickering
Pickeringia
Pickeringia montana
Pickett
Pickett's charge
Pickford
Pico

Literary usage of Picidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Bird Book: Illustrating in Natural Colors More Than Seven Hundred North by Chester Albert Reed (1914)
"Family Picidae Woodpeckers are well known birds having sharp chisel-like bills, sharply pointed and stiffened tail feathers, and strongly clawed feet with ..."

2. Reports of Explorations and Surveys: To Ascertain the Most Practicable and by United States War Dept, Joseph Henry, United States Army. Corps of Engineers, Spencer Fullerton Baird (1858)
"The diagnosis already given of the Picidae will readily serve to distinguish the ... The Picidae embrace three distinct forms, which constitute as many ..."

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