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Webster 1913 Edition
Ivory-bill
i′vo-ry-billˊ
,I′vo-ry-billˊ
(ī′vō̍-ry̆-bĭlˊ)
, Noun.
(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.