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- noun A large
North American woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp, ivory-coloredbeak . Its general colour is glossy black, with white secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a large, scarlet crest.
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Examples
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Dr. Kannan, on our campus, hunted the ivory-bill in one our our swamps for several summers.
One Big Bird Bardiac 2009
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People have been propagandized to buy cypress mulch, and that has led to logging companies raping the areas where ivory-bill woodpeckers once roamed.
On the Road Again 2008
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It was Wright who had told his class about the ivory-bill, along with several other animal species presumed extinct but still rumored to live in the heart of the swamps and forests of Louisiana.
The ‘Lord God!’ Bird and the Power of Suggestion - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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It includes an interesting chapter about the famous search for the ivory-bill woodpecker, long thought to be extinct.
The ‘Lord God!’ Bird and the Power of Suggestion - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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It includes an interesting chapter about the famous search for the ivory-bill woodpecker, long thought to be extinct.
The ‘Lord God!’ Bird and the Power of Suggestion - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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"It is the best tangible evidence so far that there could be more than one ivory-bill in the area."
Boing Boing 2005
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It was Wright who had told his class about the ivory-bill, along with several other animal species presumed extinct but still rumored to live in the heart of the swamps and forests of Louisiana.
The ‘Lord God!’ Bird and the Power of Suggestion - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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If an ivory-bill happened to show up where he could see it, that would be great.
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Lonnie went into the woods looking for ivory-bill woodpeckers.
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It's also obvious that she is (a) an ivory-bill skeptic and (b) none too fond of The Nature Conservancy.
The Grail Bird, UFOs and Elvis John L. Trapp 2006
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