yellow-headed blackbird
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of yellow-headed blackbird
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
Example Sentences
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The yellow-headed blackbird belongs properly north-west of Lake Superior, but frequently gets into Michigan and Illinois.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. by Various
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