bobolink
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bobolink
1765–75, short for Bob o' Lincoln, the bird's call as heard by speakers of English
Example Sentences
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And the bobolink, known for its robust songs and long-distance travels to South America.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2023
Combined waterfowl populations have increased by 37 million in the Prairie Pothole Region since 1990, even as forest birds like the Kentucky warbler and grassland birds like the bobolink have been in prolonged decline.
From Slate ● May 10, 2018
Other new breeding species include the eastern meadowlark, known for its sharp call; the blue grosbeak, a striking blue relative of the cardinal; and the bobolink, a bumblebee-colored blackbird that migrates 12,500 miles annually.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2016
No matter what happens you were always my bobolink, my special Linda Gray.
From Time Magazine Archive
Reed′-band, a musical band including clarinets and other reed-instruments; Reed′-bird, the bobolink; Reed′-bunt′ing, the black-headed bunting of Europe.—adjs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
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