Dendrocolaps
From Simon Online
Dendrocolaps grece picus avis.
Apparatus:
Dendrocolaps ABC e | Dendrokolaps f
picus ABC f | piccus e
Translation:
Dendrocolaps is the Greek word for Latin picus {the bird "woodpecker"}.
Commentary:
Cf. Greek δενδροκολάπτης /dendrokoláptēs/ "woodpecker". The word, which means literally: "tree-pecker", is a compound of δένδρον /déndron/ "tree" and κολάπτω /koláptō/ "to peck (of birds)".
