Pi"le*ate (?), 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. Zool.
Having a crest covering the pileus, or whole top of the head.
Pileated woodpecker Zool., a large American woodpecker (Ceophloeus pileatus). It is black, with a bright red pointed crest. Called also logcock, and woodcock.
© Webster 1913.