English noun: piciform bird | |||
| 1. | piciform bird (animal) any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bird | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | barbet, honey guide, jacamar, pecker, peckerwood, puffbird, toucan, woodpecker | ||
| Member meronym | order Piciformes, Piciformes | ||