PILEATE; PILEATED

a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Having the form of a cap for the head.

2.
a.

Having a crest covering the pileus, or whole top of the head. Pileated woodpecker (Zoöl.), a large American woodpecker (Ceophloeus pileatus). It is black, with a bright red pointed crest. Called also logcock, and woodcock.


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