ivory-billed woodpecker

ivory-billed woodpecker [ahy-vuh-ree-bild, ahy-vree-] Word Origin noun

1. a large, nearly extinct, black and white woodpecker, Campephilus principalis, of the southern U.S. and Cuba, having an ivory-colored bill.

Origin of ivory-billed woodpecker An Americanism dating back to 1805–15