| 单词 | piculet |
| 释义 | piculet in British English (ˈpɪkjʊlɪt) noun a small tropical woodpecker with a short tail piculet in American English (ˈpɪkjəlɪt) noun any of numerous small, tropical woodpeckers, chiefly of the genus Picumnus, that lack stiffened shafts in the tail feathers Word origin [1840–50; ‹ L pīcu(s) woodpecker + -let]This word is first recorded in the period 1840–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: dope, flan, organizer, pylon, striation-let is a diminutive suffix attached to nouns (booklet; piglet; ringlet), and, by extraction from bracelet, a suffix denoting a band, piece of jewelry, or article of clothing worn on the partof the body specified by the noun (anklet; wristlet) |
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