GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Bobolink , n. (Zool.) An American singing bird (Dolichonyx oryzivorus). The male is black and white; the female is brown; -- called also, ricebird, reedbird, and Boblincoln.
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   The happiest bird of our spring is the bobolink.
   W. Irving.
   
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   Reedbird , n. (Zool.) (a) The bobolink. (b) One of several small Asiatic singing birds of the genera Schœnicola and Eurycercus; -- called also reed babbler. Reedbuck , n. (Zool.) See Rietboc.
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