'Pileate' definitions:
Definition of 'Pileate'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) Having a crest covering the pileus, or whole top of the head. [1913 Webster]
- Pileated woodpecker (Zool.), a large American woodpecker (Ceophloeus pileatus). It is black, with a bright red pointed crest. Called also logcock, and woodcock. [1913 Webster]