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Definition of Piciform
1. a. Of or pertaining to Piciformes.
Definition of Piciform
1. Adjective. (zoology) Of or pertaining to Piciformes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Piciform
1. pertaining to an order of birds [adj]
Medical Definition of Piciform
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Piciform
Literary usage of Piciform
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1814)
"Under each of these heads, will be found many excellent observations. > On the
piciform-oxyd, likewise, we have some novel observations. ..."
2. Key to North American Birds: Containing a Concise Account of Every Species by Elliott Coues (1872)
"piciform Birds. •See p. 179 for characters of this suborder. Family PICID.S3.
Woodpeckers. These birds have been specially studied, with more or less ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1814)
"On the piciform-oxyd, likewise, we have some novel observations. Though it
certainly resembles the vitreous black oxyd of ..."
4. Identification of the Economic Woods of the United States: Including a by Samuel James Record (1919)
"Ray parenchyma cells with 3-6 small piciform * pits in each cross-field. (Fig.
5, p. 26.) Foxtail and Nut Pine Group. ..."
5. The Manufacture of Pulp and Paper: A Textbook of Modern Pulp and Paper Mill by J. Newell Stephenson (1922)
"... (6) smooth marginal ray cell of soft pine; (c) central ray cell, showing
piciform pitting; (d) central TABLE III FOR IDENTIFICATION OF CONIFEROUS WOODS ..."
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