Ivory-bill

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  ivorybill \i"vo*ry*bill`\, Ivory-bill
  \I"vo*ry-bill`\([imac]"v[-o]*r[y^]*b[i^]l`), n. (Zool.)
     A large, handsome, black-and-white North American woodpecker
     ({Campephilus principalis}), having a large, sharp,
     ivory-colored beak. Its general color is glossy black, with
     white secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a


     large, scarlet crest. It is now rare, and found only in the
     Gulf States and Cuba.
  
     Syn: ivory-billed woodpecker, Campephilus principalis.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ivorybill
       n : large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States
           and Cuba having an ivory bill; nearly extinct [syn: {ivory-billed
           woodpecker}, {Campephilus principalis}]