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piprites

piprites noun: any of the tropical birds in the genus Piprites, found in Central and South America.

piprites: any of the tropical birds in the genus Piprites, found in Central and South America
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Noun

piprites (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural) Any of the tropical birds in the genus Piprites, found in Central and South America.
    • These endangered birds include the Araucaria tit-spinetail (Leptasthenura setaria, Furnariidae), an ovenbird that lives in the top of the crown of the Araucaria; the black - capped piprites (Piprites pileatus)2000, Josep Maria Camarasa, Encyclopedia of the Biosphere: Temperate rainforests, page 155
    • The latter has been demonstrated recently in distantly related tropical species, the plain-winged antshrike (Thamnophilus schistaceus) and the wing-barred piprites (Piprites chloris)2009, Marc Naguib, Vincent Janik, Nicola Clayton, Vocal Communication in Birds and Mammals, page 17

Origin of piprites

From translingual Piprites.

Questions about piprites

What does piprites mean?
Piprites means any of the tropical birds in the genus Piprites, found in Central and South America.
What part of speech is piprites?
Piprites is a noun.

Words near piprites in the dictionary

  1. pipras
  2. pipratecol
  3. piprid
  4. piprids
  5. piprinhydrinate
  6. piprites
  7. piprofurol
  8. pips
  9. pips at the post
  10. pips to the post
  11. pipsissewa

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