dickcissel
English
A dickcissel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪkˈsɪsəl/, /ˈdɪkˌsɪsəl/
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Noun
dickcissel (plural dickcissels)
- The American black-throated bunting (Spiza americana).
- 1901, Sylvester D. Judd, The Relation of Sparrows to Agriculture, page 91:
- But it is as a destroyer of grasshoppers that the dickcissel excels.
References
- “dickcissel”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “dickcissel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “dickcissel”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “dickcissel”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
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