dendrocolaptine,a.Ornith.|ˌdɛndrəʊkəʊˈlæptaɪn, -ɪn| [f. dendro- + κολάπτ-ειν to peck, etc.] Belonging or allied to the genus of birds Dendrocolaptes, or South American tree-creepers. 1892W. H. Hudson La Plata 147 There is in La Plata a small very common Dendrocolaptine bird—Anumbius acuticaudatus.