Piculet

Pic´u`let

n.

1.

(Zool.) Any species of very small woodpeckers of the genus Picumnus and allied genera. Their tail feathers are not stiff and sharp at the tips, as in ordinary woodpeckers.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

piculet - small woodpeckers of South America and Africa and East Indies having soft rounded tail feathers peckerwood, woodpecker, pecker - bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects genus Picumnus, Picumnus - a genus of Picidae