ivory-billed woodpecker

Definitions of ivory-billed woodpecker
  1. noun
    large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill; nearly extinct
    synonyms: Campephilus principalis, ivorybill
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    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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