dolichonyx oryzivorus

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dolichonyx oryzivorus - 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

dolichonyx oryzivorus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Dolichonyx oryzivorus
      n 1: migratory American songbird [syn: bobolink, ricebird,
           reedbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorus]