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Ivory-bill
(gcide) | ivorybill \i"vo*ry*bill`\, Ivory-bill
\I"vo*ry-bill`\([imac]"v[-o]*r[y^]*b[i^]l`), n. (Zool.)
A large, handsome, black-and-white North American woodpecker
(Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp,
ivory-colored beak. Its general color is glossy black, with
white secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a
large, scarlet crest. It is now rare, and found only in the
Gulf States and Cuba.
Syn: ivory-billed woodpecker, Campephilus principalis.
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ivory-billed woodpecker
(encz) | ivory-billed woodpecker, n: |
ivorybill
(gcide) | ivorybill \i"vo*ry*bill`\, Ivory-bill
\I"vo*ry-bill`\([imac]"v[-o]*r[y^]*b[i^]l`), n. (Zool.)
A large, handsome, black-and-white North American woodpecker
(Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp,
ivory-colored beak. Its general color is glossy black, with
white secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a
large, scarlet crest. It is now rare, and found only in the
Gulf States and Cuba.
Syn: ivory-billed woodpecker, Campephilus principalis.
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ivory-billed woodpecker
(wn) | ivory-billed woodpecker
n 1: large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States
and Cuba having an ivory bill; nearly extinct [syn:
ivorybill, ivory-billed woodpecker, {Campephilus
principalis}] |
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