IVORYBILL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ivorybill mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• IVORYBILL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Campephilus principalis; ivory-billed woodpecker; ivorybill

Hypernyms ("ivorybill" 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 ("ivorybill" is a member of...):

Campephilus; genus Campephilus (a genus of Picidae)