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Pileated

Pileate \Pi"le*ate\, Pileated \Pi"le*a`ted\, a. [L. pileatus, fr. pileus a felt cap or hat.]

  1. Having the form of a cap for the head.

  2. (Zo["o]l.) Having a crest covering the pileus, or whole top of the head.

    Pileated woodpecker (Zo["o]l.), a large American woodpecker ( Ceophloeus pileatus). It is black, with a bright red pointed crest. Called also logcock, and woodcock.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
pileated

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.

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pileated

a. 1 (context botany English) Having a pileus 2 (context zoology English) Having a crest covering the pileum

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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.