Piculet: alternatives and connections

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Piculet

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.

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Pecker 76% connected

One who, or that which, pecks; specif., a bird that pecks holes in trees; a woodpecker.

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Woodpecker 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to Picus and many allied genera of the family Picidae.

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