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picucule Ornith.|ˈpɪkjuːkjuːl|
Also erron. piculule.
[a. F. picucule (D'Aubenton, a 1780, Plate 621 in Buffon (etc.) Oiseaux), name given to a bird of the genus Dendrocolaptes, f. L. pīcus woodpecker + cuculus cuckoo.]
(See quots.)
1829Griffiths Cavier's Anim. Kingd., Aves II. 350 Picucule Creeper, Climbing Grackle. Lath. 1875Newton in Encycl. Brit. III. 743/2 The Picucules [misspelt Piculules] (Dendrocolaptidæ) with as many genera, and over 200 species. 1894Newton 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. |