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Migratory American songbird
Answer for the clue "Migratory American songbird ", 8 letters:
ricebird
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. migratory American songbird [syn: bobolink , reedbird , Dolichonyx oryzivorus ] small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields [syn: Java sparrow , Java finch , Padda oryzivora ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The Java sparrow. 2 The bobolink.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bobolink \Bob"o*link`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) An American singing bird ( Dolichonyx oryzivorus ). The male is black and white; the female is brown; -- called also, ricebird , reedbird , and Boblincoln . The happiest bird of our spring is the bobolink. --W. Irving. ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Ricebird is a name for a number of different birds, especially those that feed on paddy fields or on various grains (not necessarily just rice ). Most commonly, it refers to the: Bobolink ( Dolichonyx oryzivorus ) Java sparrow ( Lonchura oryzivora ) Mannikins ...
Usage examples of ricebird.
And then it invaded the ship itself, and, looking up, the Rigellian saw the five Eronian ricebirds he had brought with him lying dead on the floor of their cage, huddled masses of bedraggled feathers.
And the myriad sounds of them, sometimes like the chatter of ricebirds, or the song of nightingales.