Bobolink

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bobolink \Bob"o*link`\, n. (Zool.)
     An American singing bird ({Dolichonyx oryzivorus}). The male
     is black and white; the female is brown; -- called also,
     {ricebird}, {reedbird}, and {Boblincoln}.
     [1913 Webster]
  


           The happiest bird of our spring is the bobolink. --W.
                                                    Irving.
     [1913 Webster] Bobsled

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bobolink
       n : migratory American songbird [syn: {ricebird}, {reedbird}, {Dolichonyx
           oryzivorus}]