piculet
(noun) small woodpeckers of South America and Africa and East Indies having soft rounded tail feathers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
piculet (plural piculets)
A small woodpecker of the genus Picumnus and other genera in subfamily Picumninae.
Source: Wiktionary
Pic"u*let, n. Etym: [Dim. of Picus.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any species of very small woodpeckers of the genus Picumnus and allied genera. Their tail feathers are not stiff and sharp at the tips, as in ordinary woodpeckers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 February 2025
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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
