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ivorybill

DEFINITIONS OF: ivorybill

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n large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill; nearly extinct

Synonyms:
Campephilus principalis, ivory-billed woodpecker
Type of:
pecker, peckerwood, woodpecker
bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects
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