PICIFORMES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Piciformes mean? 

• PICIFORMES (noun)
  The noun PICIFORMES has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PICIFORMES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PICIFORMES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Woodpeckers; jacamars; puffbirds; barbets; honey guides; toucans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Piciformes; Piciformes

Hypernyms ("Piciformes" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Piciformes"):

piciform bird (any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood)

family Picidae; Picidae (woodpeckers)

Capitonidae; family Capitonidae (barbets)

Bucconidae; family Bucconidae (puffbirds)

family Indicatoridae; Indicatoridae (honey guides)

family Galbulidae; Galbulidae (jacamars)

family Ramphastidae; Ramphastidae (toucans)

Holonyms ("Piciformes" is a member of...):

Aves; class Aves ((ornithology) the class of birds)