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Having a crest
Answer for the clue "Having a crest ", 8 letters:
pileated
Word definitions for pileated in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1728, from Latin pileatus "capped," from pileus "felt cap without a brim," from Greek pilos . Applied in natural history to certain birds and sea urchins.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 (context botany English) Having a pileus 2 (context zoology English) Having a crest covering the pileum
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pileate \Pi"le*ate\, Pileated \Pi"le*a`ted\, a. [L. pileatus, fr. pileus a felt cap or hat.] Having the form of a cap for the head. (Zo["o]l.) Having a crest covering the pileus, or whole top of the head. Pileated woodpecker (Zo["o]l.), a large American ...
Usage examples of pileated.
Somewhere along the stream a pileated woodpecker began drumming against a tree trunk in search of an insect snack and the racket startled a pair of prothonotary warblers from their roost in a nearby hackberry sapling.
Henry stands attentively, waits each time for the new wonder, emits small noises of pleasure for each Sandhill Crane, American Coot, Great Auk, Pileated Woodpecker.