Picus

noun

Pi·​cus

ˈpīkəs

: a genus formerly including all woodpeckers but now usually restricted to the green woodpecker (P. viridis) of Europe and western Asia and its related forms

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, woodpecker

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