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Meaning of PICARIAE

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  term used in some classifications as nearly equivalent to the order Coraciiformes
 
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 Synonyms: order Picariae
 
 See Also: animal order, Aves, class Aves

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 
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