CAMPEPHILUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Campephilus mean? 

• CAMPEPHILUS (noun)
  The noun CAMPEPHILUS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Picidae

  Familiarity information: CAMPEPHILUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAMPEPHILUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Picidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Campephilus; genus Campephilus

Hypernyms ("Campephilus" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Campephilus"):

Campephilus principalis; ivory-billed woodpecker; ivorybill (large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill; nearly extinct)

Holonyms ("Campephilus" is a member of...):

family Picidae; Picidae (woodpeckers)