PICIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Picidae mean? 

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

1. woodpeckers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PICIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Woodpeckers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Picidae; Picidae

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

bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

Meronyms (members of "Picidae"):

pecker; peckerwood; woodpecker (bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects)

genus Picus; Picus (type genus of Picidae)

genus Picoides; Picoides; Colaptes; genus Colaptes; Campephilus; genus Campephilus; genus Melanerpes; Melanerpes; genus Sphyrapicus; Sphyrapicus (a genus of Picidae)

genus Jynx; Jynx (wrynecks)

genus Picumnus; Picumnus (a genus of Picidae)

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

order Piciformes; Piciformes (woodpeckers; jacamars; puffbirds; barbets; honey guides; toucans)