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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theorder Piciformes — thepuffbirds .
Etymologies
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Bucco + -idae
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(Bucconidae) build in similar places; while the toucans, barbets, trogons, woodpeckers, and parrots all make their nests in hollow trees.
Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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