ivory-billed woodpecker

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Definitions of ivory-billed woodpecker words

noun ivory-billed woodpecker a large, nearly extinct, black and white woodpecker, Campephilus principalis, of the southern U.S. and Cuba, having an ivory-colored bill. 1
noun ivory-billed woodpecker a large, white-billed, black-and-white woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) formerly found in the SE U.S. and Cuba: it is possibly extinct 0

before 1805

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An Americanism dating back to 1805-15

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