piculet Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun small woodpeckers of South America and Africa and East Indies having soft rounded tail feathers

WordNet

Pic"u*let noun
Etymology
Dim. of Picus.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) 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.

Webster 1913