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[syn: bobolink, ricebird, reedbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bobolink \Bob"o*link`\, n. (Zool.)
An American singing bird (Dolichonyx oryzivorus). The male
is black and white; the female is brown; -- called also,
ricebird, reedbird, and Boblincoln.
[1913 Webster]
The happiest bird of our spring is the bobolink. --W.
Irving.
[1913 Webster] Bobsled
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
n 1: migratory American songbird [syn: bobolink, ricebird,
reedbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorus]