ivory-billed woodpecker

i·vo·ry-billed woodpecker  (v-r-bld, vr-)

n.

A large, nearly extinct woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) of the southern United States and Cuba, having black plumage, white wing patches, an ivory-colored bill, and a bright red crest in the male. Also called ivorybill.

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Noun

1.

ivory-billed woodpecker - large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill; nearly extinct Campephilus principalis, ivorybill peckerwood, woodpecker, pecker - bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects Campephilus, genus Campephilus - a genus of Picidae