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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ivory-bill  \I"vo*ry-bill`\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [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}] 




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