colaptes

[Gr. kolaptēs =a chisel; kolaptō = to peck with the bill, to chisel.] Ornith.: A genus of Woodpeckers, the typical one of the sub-family Colaptine (q. v.). col-ap-ti-næ, s. pl. [Gr. kolaptēs, and Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -ine.] IMG:content-0146.png:[blocks in formation] colation. 2. The matter strained off or filtered. 3. A strainer or filter. "The virtue thereof may be derived to it through a colature of natural earth."-Evelyn.