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Webster 1913 Edition
Pileated
{
Pi′le-ate
,Pi′le-aˊted
, }Adj.
[L.
pileatus
, fr. pileus
a felt cap or hat.] 1.
Having the form of a cap for the head.
2.
(Zool.)
Having a crest covering the pileus, or whole top of the head.
Pileated woodpecker
(Zool.)
, a large American woodpecker (
Ceophloeus pileatus
). It is black, with a bright red pointed crest. Called also logcock
, and woodcock
.