pichurostearic

[Eng. pichur (im); о connect., and stearic.] Containing pichuric and stearic acids. pichurostearic-acid, s. [LAURIC-ACID.] pi-çi-dæ, s. pl. [Lat. pic (us); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idœ.] Ornith.: Woodpeckers; a family of Zygodactyle Picarian birds, with, according to Wallace, thirty genera and 320 species, almost universally distributed, being only absent from the Australian region beyond Celebes and Flores. Bill more or le straight; toes in pairs. They are insectivorous; the tongue is extensile, barbed at the point, and covered with a viscid solution to a ist them in catching their prey. Tail-feathers hard and stiff, terminating in points, enabling the bird to run up the trunks of trees with facility.