CAMPEPHILUS PRINCIPALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Campephilus principalis mean? 

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

1. large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill; nearly extinct

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAMPEPHILUS PRINCIPALIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill; nearly extinct

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Campephilus principalis; ivory-billed woodpecker; ivorybill

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

pecker; peckerwood; woodpecker (bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects)

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

Campephilus; genus Campephilus (a genus of Picidae)