picinæ

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun In ornithology: In Nitzsch's classification (1829), a superfamily of birds, equivalent to the Dendrocolaptæ of Merrem.
• noun A subfamily of Picidæ , made by elimination of the Picumninæ and Iynginæ: same as Picidæ .
• noun A subfamily of Picidæ , containing the most typical woodpeckers, which have the bill perfectly straight, ridged and beveled on the sides, and truncate at the end, and the tongue usually extensile.