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Definition of Bobolink
1. Noun. Migratory American songbird.
Generic synonyms: American Oriole, New World Oriole, Oriole
Group relationships: Dolichonyx, Genus Dolichonyx
Definition of Bobolink
1. n. An American singing bird (Dolichonyx oryzivorus). The male is black and white; the female is brown; -- called also, ricebird, reedbird, and Boblincoln.
Definition of Bobolink
1. Noun. An American migratory songbird, ''Dolichonyx oryzivorus'' resembling a blackbird with the bill of a finch ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bobolink
1. a songbird [n -S] - See also: songbird
Medical Definition of Bobolink
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bobolink
Literary usage of Bobolink
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1915)
"... and the writer saw an extremely queer-looking bobolink. It appeared to be all
white, but on closer inspection showed some checkering of black. ..."
2. Poetry of the Seasons by Mary Isabella Lovejoy (1898)
"Again we shall meet, though you'll go away : bobolink, Phebe, ... bobolink, that
in the meadow, Or beneath the orchard's shadow, Keepest up a constant ..."
3. The Nursery by Fanny P Seaverns, John L. Shorey (Firm (1873)
"bobolink. bobolink, bobolink! ANNA LIVINGSTON. Are you tipsy with drink ? Or why
do you swagger round so ? You've a nest in the grass Somewhere near where I ..."
4. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1870 Gladness of woods, skies, waters, all in one, The bobolink has come, and,
like the soul Of the sweet season vocal in a bird, Gurgles in ecstasy we know ..."
5. Through the Year with Birds and Poets [poems] (1900)
"THE bobolink Hark to the bobolink, beautiful bobolink, Singing a syrupy song of
the south, Singing a song of the tulips and petals pink, Sweet as a maiden ..."
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