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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: imitative Date: circa 1801 an American migratory songbird (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) with the breeding male chiefly black

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a N. American oriole, Dolichonyx oryzivorus. Etymology: orig. Bob (o') Lincoln: imit. of its call

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bobolink Bob"o*link`, n. (Zo["o]l.) An American singing bird (Dolichonyx oryzivorus). The male is black and white; the female is brown; -- called also, ricebird, reedbird, and Boblincoln. The happiest bird of our spring is the bobolink. --W. Irving.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Rice-bird, rice-bunting, reed-bird, butter-bird, skunk-bird, skunk-blackbird, Bob o' Lincoln, Robert o' Lincoln, Bob-lincoln, bob-link (Dolichonyx orizyvorus).