dendrocolaptine, a. Ornith.
(ˌdɛndrəʊkəʊˈlæptaɪn, -ɪn)
[f. dendro- + κολάπτ-ειν to peck, etc.]
Belonging or allied to the genus of birds Dendrocolaptes, or South American tree-creepers.
| 1892 W. H. Hudson La Plata 147 There is in La Plata a small very common Dendrocolaptine bird—Anumbius acuticaudatus. |