Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Pipra

Pipra , noun

[New Latin, from Greek {not transcribed} a woodpecker.]

(Zoology) Any one of numerous species of small clamatorial birds belonging to Pipra and allied genera, of the family Piprida. The male is usually glossy black, varied with scarlet, yellow, or sky blue. They chiefly inhabit South America.