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Campephilus

noun

a genus of Picidae

• Syn: ↑genus Campephilus

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Picidae, ↑family Picidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑ivorybill, ↑ivory-billed woodpecker, ↑Campephilus principalis

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\\kamˈpefələs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek kampē caterpillar + New Latin -philus

: a genus of birds (family Picidae) including some of the largest woodpeckers (as the ivory-billed woodpecker, the imperial woodpecker, and related tropical American species)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.