Definition of piciform bird Piciform bird
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What does piciform bird mean?
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| piciform bird - any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood | ||
| bird warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings | ||
| order piciformes, piciformes woodpeckers; jacamars; puffbirds; barbets; honey guides; toucans | ||
| peckerwood, woodpecker, pecker bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects | ||
| barbet small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings | ||
| puffbird brownish tropical American bird having a large head with fluffed out feathers | ||
| honey guide small bird of tropical Africa and Asia; feeds on beeswax and honey and larvae | ||
| jacamar tropical American insectivorous bird having a long sharp bill and iridescent green or bronze plumage | ||
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