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picarian, a. Ornith.|paɪˈkɛərɪən|
[f. mod.L. Pīcāri-æ (C. L. Nitzsch 1820, in Deutsches Archiv für Physiol. VI. 255), f. pīcus woodpecker: see -an.]
Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Picariæ, an order of non-passerine land-birds, formed by Nitsch (1820) for the reception of the woodpeckers, cuckoos, parrots, etc., but now to a great extent discarded.
1908E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber i. iii. 96 Picarian Birds. Large-tailed Nightjar... Blue King⁓fisher... Bronze Cuckoo. 1955[see honey-guide 1]. |