dickcissel

English
A dickcissel.

Wikispecies

Etymology

Said to be imitative of its call.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɪkˈsɪsəl/

Noun

dickcissel (plural dickcissels)

  1. 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 at OneLook Dictionary Search
  • dickcissel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  1. “dickcissel”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  2. “dickcissel”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.