"Originally: †of or relating to the former superfamily Picinae, which comprised the woodpeckers and related birds; piciform ( obsolete ). Later: of or relating to the subfamily Picinae, which comprises the typical woodpeckers", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in Ibis: a quarterly journal of ornithology. From scientific Latin Picus, genus name + -ine, after scientific Latin Picinae, former superfamily name.[picine etymology, picine origin, 英语词源]