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IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill; nearly extinct
Synonyms:
Campephilus principalis; ivory-billed woodpecker; ivorybill
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ivory-billed woodpecker" is a kind 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)
Holonyms ("ivory-billed woodpecker" is a member of...):
Campephilus; genus Campephilus (a genus of Picidae)