Ricebird

4 definitions found

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

  Java \Ja"va\ (j[aum]"v[.a]), n.
     1. One of the islands of the Malay Archipelago belonging to
        the Netherlands.
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     2. Java coffee, a kind of coffee brought from Java.


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     3. (Computers) [all capitals] an object-oriented computer
        programming language, derived largely from {C++}, used
        widely for design and display of web pages on the
        world-wide web. It is an interpreted language, and has
        been suggested as a platform-independent code to allow
        execution of the same progam under multiple operating
        systems without recompiling. The language is still (1997)
        under active development, and is evolving.
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     {Java cat} (Zool.), the musang.
  
     {Java sparrow} (Zool.), a species of finch ({Padda
        oryzivora}), native of Java, but very commonly kept as a
        cage bird; -- called also {ricebird}, and {paddy bird}. In
        the male the upper parts are glaucous gray, the head and
        tail black, the under parts delicate rose, and the cheeks
        white. The bill is large and red. A white variety is also
        kept as a cage bird.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ricebird \Rice"bird`\, n. (Zool.)
     (a) The Java sparrow.
     (b) The bobolink.
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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}.
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           The happiest bird of our spring is the bobolink. --W.
                                                    Irving.
     [1913 Webster] Bobsled

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ricebird
       n 1: migratory American songbird [syn: {bobolink}, {reedbird}, {Dolichonyx
            oryzivorus}]
       2: small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice
          fields [syn: {Java sparrow}, {Java finch}, {Padda
          oryzivora}]