ivory-billed woodpecker

[ ahy-vuh-ree-bild wood-pek-er, ahy-vree- ]

/ ˈaɪ və riˌbɪld ˈwʊdˌpɛk ər, ˈaɪ vri- /

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a large, black and white woodpecker, Campephilus principalis, of the southern U.S. and Cuba, with a length of about 20 inches (51 centimeters), an ivory-colored bill that has a uniquely flattened tip, and a prominent crest that is mostly red on the males: dependent on the vast tracts of primeval hardwoods that were deforested with intensity from the mid-19th century, the ivory-billed woodpecker is now classified as possibly extinct.

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Origin of ivory-billed woodpecker

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

Words nearby ivory-billed woodpecker

Iviza, Ivor, Ivorian, ivories, ivory, ivory-billed woodpecker, ivory black, Ivory Coast, ivory gull, ivory nut, ivory palm

How to use ivory-billed woodpecker in a sentence

The US declared the ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 other species extinct.
What “extinction” really means — and what it leaves out|Benji Jones|September 30, 2021|Vox
If we only focus on preventing extinction of the ivory-billed woodpeckers of the world, and a small handful of other charismatic species, Long said, the best we can hope for is preventing that fate for a handful of plants and animals.
What “extinction” really means — and what it leaves out|Benji Jones|September 30, 2021|Vox
The political will to find — and save — the ivory-billed woodpecker never flagged.
Ivory-billed woodpecker officially declared extinct, along with 22 other species|Dino Grandoni|September 29, 2021|Washington Post
The ivory-billed woodpecker, a supersized cousin of the pileated woodpecker, lived in the swamps and pine forests of the Southeast until habitat loss drove it under in the mid 1900s.
Identifying animals in photos is trickier than you might think|Philip Kiefer|March 2, 2021|Popular-Science

If you read the reactions, she was billed as ‘Beauty and Brains.’
Why Was Bess Myerson the First and Last Jewish Miss America?|Emily Shire|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Soon his coffers were overflowing with revenue from rubber, palm oil, and ivory.
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The entire weekend was billed as a celebration of “the cultural community inspired by the legacy of Hip Hop [sic].”
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Haskell was also the second-billed executive producer of last weekend's telecast.
The Real Housewives of Miss America|Kate Shindle|September 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
These goods were probably exchanged with Gedi inhabitants for animal skins and ivory.
Kenya Has Its Own Machu Picchu—the Lost Town of Gedi|Nina Strochlic|September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Centurus aurifrons dubius (Cabot): Golden-fronted Woodpecker.
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula|Erwin E. Klaas
Stradiuarius made a few instruments inlaid with ebony and ivory round the edges.
Violins and Violin Makers|Joseph Pearce
Parvulorum, the wodewale is identified with the wodehake, woodpecker; whilst Hexham explains Du.
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Her Nazarites were whiter than snow, purer than milk, more ruddy than the old ivory, fairer than the sapphire.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Gwynne thought her a creature of infinite possibilities, beside whom Isabel was a statue in ivory.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton