Picariae

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Picariae
       n : term used in some classifications as nearly equivalent to
           the order Coraciiformes [syn: {order Picariae}]