Definition of Picus viridis

1. Noun. Woodpecker of Europe and western Asia.

Exact synonyms: Green Woodpecker
Generic synonyms: Pecker, Peckerwood, Woodpecker
Group relationships: Genus Picus, Picus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Picus Viridis

Pico de Orizaba
Picoides
Picrasma
Picrasma excelsa
Picrasma excelsum
Picris
Picris echioides
Picrous Day
Pict
Pictionary
Pictish
Pictor
Picts
Picture Sorts
Picumnus
Picus viridis (current term)
Pidlimdi
Pidyon Haben
Piedmont
Piedmont glacier
Piedmont type of glacier
Piedmontese
Piedraia
Piemonte
Piemontese
Pier Luigi Nervi
Pierce
Pieria
Pierian

Literary usage of Picus viridis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley (1901)
"The palate of Picus viridis. a. The ossified septum. b. The transverse bar of bone connected with it. Vo. The ossicles which probably represent the ..."

2. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"In this intermediate division — of which, he remarks, our own Picus viridis and the Picus canus of the Continent ma; be considered as the types, ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1841)
"0 Picus viridis, L. Picus major, L. -f- 0 ,, minor, L. 0 ,, martius, ... Picus viridis would appear to be generally distributed in suitable localities in ..."

4. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1843)
"... is the Pic-rerd of M. Button and others, Picus viridis ; and that the little Pipra is the Pic varié or ..."

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