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ricebird

[ rahys-burd ]

noun

  1. Southern U.S. the bobolink.
  2. any of several other birds that frequent rice fields.


ricebird

/ ˈraɪsˌbɜːd /

noun

  1. any of various birds frequenting rice fields, esp the Java sparrow
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ricebird1

First recorded in 1695–1705; rice + bird
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Example Sentences

It goes North as the bobolink and goes South as the reedbird or ricebird.

He has once more changed his name, and is now the famous ricebird of the Carolinas.

This was not the first time I had heard the redwing called the ricebird.

When the woman uncovered the basket, Tilin, the little brown ricebird, flew away, calling: “Good-bye, mother; good-bye, mother; you would not give me mo′-tĭng!”

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