Pipra

2 definitions found

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

  Pipra \Pi"pra\, n.; pl. {Pipras}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a woodpecker.]
     (Zool.)
     Any one of numerous species of small clamatorial birds
     belonging to {Pipra} and allied genera, of the family
     {Piprid[ae]}. The male is usually glossy black, varied with
     scarlet, yellow, or sky blue. They chiefly inhabit South


     America.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Pipra
       n : type genus of the Pipridae containing the typical manakins
           [syn: {genus Pipra}]