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picariae


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Picariae  \Pi*ca"ri*[ae]\,  n.  pl  [NL.,  fr  L.  picus  a 
  woodpecker.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  An  extensive  division  of  birds  which  includes  the 
  woodpeckers,  toucans,  trogons,  hornbills,  kingfishers, 
  motmots,  rollers,  and  goatsuckers.  By  some  writers  it  is  made 
  to  include  also  the  cuckoos,  swifts,  and  humming  birds. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Picariae 
  n  :  term  used  in  some  classifications  as  nearly  equivalent  to 
  the  order  Coraciiformes  [syn:  {Picariae},  {order  Picariae}] 




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