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ricebird |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Java \Ja"va\, n. 1. One of the islands of the Malay Archipelago belonging to the Netherlands. 2. Java coffee, a kind of coffee brought from Java. {Java cat} (Zo["o]l.), the musang. {Java sparrow} (Zo["o]l.), 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ricebird \Rice"bird`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) a The Java sparrow. b The bobolink. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [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}]
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