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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

;

pl.

Pipras

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[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a woodpecker.]

(Zool.)

Any one of numerous species of small clamatorial birds belonging to

Pipra

and allied genera, of the family

Pipridæ

. The male is usually glossy black, varied with scarlet, yellow, or sky blue. They chiefly inhabit South America.