'Picariae' definitions:
Definition of 'Picariae'
(from WordNet)
noun
Term used in some classifications as nearly equivalent to the order Coraciiformes [syn: Picariae, order Picariae]
Definition of 'Picariae'
From: GCIDE
- Picariae \Pi*ca"ri*[ae]\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. picus a woodpecker.] (Zool.) An extensive division of birds which includes the woodpeckers, toucans, trogons, hornbills, kingfishers, motmots, rollers, and goatsuckers. By some writers it is made to include also the cuckoos, swifts, and humming birds. [1913 Webster]