noun
type genus of Picidae
• Syn: ↑genus Picus
• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Picidae, ↑family Picidae
• Member Meronyms: ↑green woodpecker, ↑Picus viridis
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\\ˈpīkəs\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, woodpecker — more at pie
: a genus formerly including all woodpeckers but now usually restricted to the green woodpecker (P. viridis) of Europe and western Asia and its related forms
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/puy"keuhs/, n.
an ancient Italian god of agriculture.
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Picus /pīˈkəs/
noun
1. An ancient Italian god, a son of Saturn, turned into a woodpecker by Circe
2. The woodpecker genus
ORIGIN: L Pīcus
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pīˈcine /-sīn/ adjective
Useful english dictionary. 2012.