Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Saurognathæ, W. K. Parker's superfamily of birds, the woodpeckers and their allies, characterized by an…

Of or relating to the order Piciformes, which includes the woodpeckers and (in later use) the toucans, barbets, puffbirds, jacamars, and honeyguides.

Originally: †of or relating to the former superfamily Picinae, which comprised the woodpeckers and related birds; piciform (obsolete). Later: of or…