Piculet

2 definitions found

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

  Piculet \Pic"u*let\, n. [Dim. of {Picus}.] (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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  piculet
       n : small woodpeckers of South America and Africa and East
           Indies having soft rounded tail feathers