North American. Any of certain birds of North America or the Caribbean region resembling the ortolan (see sense 3) or of similar gastronomic…
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| 释义 | the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Dolichonyx (bobolink) (11) ortolan1666 North American. Any of certain birds of North America or the Caribbean region resembling the ortolan (see sense 3) or of similar gastronomic… ricebird1709 U.S. and Caribbean. The bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, flocks of which often frequent rice fields while on migration. Cf. rice bunting n. at rice… reed-bird1764 North American regional (chiefly east Midland). The bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, flocks of which often frequent rice fields in the autumn. Cf. ric… bobolink1774 A North American singing-bird (Dolichonyx oryzivorus), which appears in the northern states in spring, and returns southwards at the end of summer… rice bunting1781 the bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus; cf. ricebird, n. 2a, rice troupial n. butter bird1790 the bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, which was formerly used as food. October bird1793 (a) Caribbean the bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus; (b) South African the black-and-white or jacobin cuckoo, Clamator (or Oxylophus) jacobinus. skunk blackbird1829 the bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, the male of which is black with a yellowish nape and white markings on the wings and back; (= skunk bird n.)… skunk bird1831 the bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, the male of which is black with a yellowish nape and white markings on the wings and back; cf. skunk blackbird n. rice troupial1836 the bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus; cf. ricebird, n. 2, rice bunting n. meadow-wink1884 The bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus. Cf. meadow bird n. at meadow, n. compounds 2. |
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