dickcissel

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English

A dickcissel.
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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪkˈsɪsəl/, /ˈdɪkˌsɪsəl/
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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

  1. ^ “dickcissel”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  2. ^ “dickcissel”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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