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Definition of Ivorybill
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
Definition of Ivorybill
1. n. A large, handsome, 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.
Definition of Ivorybill
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ivorybill
Literary usage of Ivorybill
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Preliminary Catalog of the Birds of Missouri by Otto Widmann (1907)
"... and summer residents like the Wood Duck and Hooded Merganser are decreasing
rapidly and will, like the ivorybill, the Snakebird, the Canada Goose, ..."
2. Writing Sense: Integrated Reading and Writing Lessons for English Language by Juli Kendall, Outey Khuon (2006)
"6) Other information: ' Big Woods Conservation Partnership at http://www.
ivorybill.org • QuickTime movie of the rediscovery of the ivory- billed woodpecker ..."
3. Bulletin by Bureau of Biological Survey, United States (1911)
"A writer in Forest and Stream, in 1885, states that in the region about Newport
the ivorybill "may be found in unfrequented swamps," and adds: "It is not ..."
4. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1895)
"Could it be the long sought for ivorybill ? I concluded not to go on, as intended,
but to stay in the vicinity and to keep a sharp look-out ; possibly I ..."
5. Wild Life Near Home by Dallas Lore Sharp (1901)
"The nightingale, the dodo, and the ivorybill were not among these thirty-six.
What then? If one can live on an electric-car line, inside the borders of a ..."
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