ricebird

[ rahys-burd ]

/ ˈraɪsˌbɜrd /

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noun

Southern U.S. the bobolink.

Java sparrow.

any of several other birds that frequent rice fields.

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Origin of ricebird

First recorded in 1695–1705; rice + bird

Words nearby ricebird

Riccati equation, Ricci, Riccio, rice, rice bean, ricebird, rice blast, rice bowl, rice coal, rice grass, rice paper

How to use ricebird in a sentence

It goes North as the bobolink and goes South as the reedbird or ricebird.
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This was not the first time I had heard the redwing called the ricebird.
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British Dictionary definitions for ricebird

ricebird

/ (ˈraɪsˌbɜːd) /

noun

any of various birds frequenting rice fields, esp the Java sparrow

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