单词 | picucule |
释义 | † picuculen. Obsolete. A bird of the Central and South American passerine family Dendrocolaptidae (or subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the family Furnariidae), which comprises brown insect-eating forest birds with stiff spiny tails; a woodcreeper. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > [noun] > member of family Dendrocolaptidae picucule1829 sabre-bill1859 wood-hewer1867 1829 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom II. 350 Picucule Creeper, Climbing Grackle. Lath. 1875 A. Newton in Encycl. Brit. III. 743/2 The Picucules [printed Piculules] (Dendrocolaptidæ) with as many genera, and over 200 species. 1894 A. Newton Dict. Birds Picucule, a name..adopted for want of a better, as that of the large Family of Tracheophonæ, Dendrocolaptidæ, which is so highly characteristic of the Neotropical Region. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < |
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