Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Pipra"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pipra \Pi"pra\, n.; pl. {Pipras}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a woodpecker.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of small clamatorial birds
belonging to {Pipra} and allied genera, of the family
{Piprid[ae]}. The male is usually glossy black, varied with
scarlet, yellow, or sky blue. They chiefly inhabit South
America.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Pipra
n : type genus of the Pipridae containing the typical manakins
[syn: {Pipra}, {genus Pipra}]
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