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logcock†
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
the pileated woodpecker, Dryocopus pileatus.
See: cock of the woods
Quotations
1900
He killed them all, tasting the brains again, and hunted the tree over for the father bird, the great black logcock that makes the wilderness ring with his tattoo.
1956
Pileated Woodpecker [is also called] logcock (As a striking bird frequenting trees, General). . . .