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Definition of Ivory-billed woodpecker
1. Noun. Large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill; nearly extinct.
Generic synonyms: Pecker, Peckerwood, Woodpecker
Group relationships: Campephilus, Genus Campephilus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ivory-billed Woodpecker
Literary usage of Ivory-billed woodpecker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ornithological Biography by John James Audubon (1832)
"So strongly indeed have these thoughts become ingrafted in my mind, as I gradually
obtained a more intimate acquaintance with the ivory-billed woodpecker, ..."
2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"... the wild forests should still remain a resident of Massachusetts. — LIDIAN E.
BRIDGE, West Med/otd, Mas*. A Rare Plumage of the ivory-billed woodpecker ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1900)
"This feature is very characteristic of such a form as the ivory-billed woodpecker (see
Fig. 8). STERNUM AND PELVIS OF ivory-billed woodpecker. ..."
4. Nests and Eggs of North American Birds by Oliver Davie (1900)
"OOx.71, .94x.69, .99x.69, l.OOx.71, l.OOx.75, respectively. The average size is
about .95x.73 inches. 392. ivory-billed woodpecker (From ..."
5. The Architecture of Birds by James Rennie (1833)
"... and as the disposition and courage of the ivory-billed woodpecker are well
known to the savages, no wonder they should attach great value to ft, ..."
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