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Definition of Ricebird
1. Noun. Migratory American songbird.
Generic synonyms: American Oriole, New World Oriole, Oriole
Group relationships: Dolichonyx, Genus Dolichonyx
2. Noun. Small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields.
Generic synonyms: Weaver, Weaver Finch, Weaverbird
Group relationships: Genus Padda, Padda
Definition of Ricebird
1. n. The Java sparrow.
Definition of Ricebird
1. Noun. The Java sparrow. ¹
2. Noun. The bobolink. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ricebird
1. the bobolink [n -S] - See also: bobolink
Medical Definition of Ricebird
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ricebird
Literary usage of Ricebird
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Small Grains by Mark Alfred Carleton (1920)
"In the Texas-Louisiana rice district, the ricebird is not important, but the
blackbirds are the chief offenders. These birds, which are winter residents, ..."
2. Key to North American Birds: Containing a Concise Account of Every Species by Elliott Coues (1872)
"ricebird; Southern States. <J , in spring: black; cervix buff; scapulars, ...
or "ricebird" throngs the marshes in immense flocks, with the blackbirds ..."
3. The Travels of Birds: Our Birds and Their Journeys to Strange Lands by Frank Michler Chapman (1916)
"Sadly enough it is this fuel—or fat—which makes the ricebird so highly prized
for food. Strange as it may seem, the much-loved musician of May is now hunted ..."
4. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1918)
"A person may find in a paper or magazine something about the ricebird; he turns
to his ... The omission is entirely proper, for the name ricebird is locally ..."
5. Appleton's New Practical Cyclopedia: A New Work of Reference Based Upon the edited by Marcus Benjamin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick, Gerald Van Casteel, George Jotham Hagar (1920)
"Bob'olink, Reed'bi -d, or ricebird ... of autumn immense flocks of them attack
the rice crops of South Carolina, where they receive the name of ricebird. ..."
6. Bulletin by Bureau of Biological Survey, United States (1895)
"In short, no effort yet tried consistent with reasonable economy will drive the
ricebird from the field or afford any well-founded promise of their ..."
7. McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey (1896)
"He has once more changed his name, and is now the famous ricebird of the Carolinas.
Last stage of his career: behold him spitted, with dozens of his ..."
8. McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey (1907)
"He has once more changed his name, and is now the famous ricebird of the Carolinas.
Last stage of his career: behold him spitted, with dozens of his ..."
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