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bobolink

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An American migratory songbird (Dolichonyx oryzivorus), resembling a blackbird with the bill of a finch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

migratory American songbird

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ricebird, reedbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: New World oriole, American oriole, oriole

History

Etymology

Imitative of its song. Compare Bob Lincoln.

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: ممراح — songbird
  • Asturian: charrán — songbird
  • Asturian: chambergo — songbird
  • Asturian: tordu arroceru — songbird
  • Basque: arroz-txori — songbird
  • Basque: bobolinko — songbird
  • Catalan: bobolinc — songbird
  • Chinese Mandarin: 刺歌雀 — songbird
  • Dutch: rijsttroepiaal — songbird
  • Dutch: bobolink — songbird
  • Esperanto: dolikonikso — songbird
  • Estonian: heinaturpial — songbird
  • Faroese: gulnakki — songbird
  • Finnish: heinäturpiaali — songbird
  • French: goglu des prés — songbird
  • German: Reisstärling — songbird
  • Haitian Creole: gwo bèk ke pwenti — songbird
  • Hebrew: ארוך טופר — songbird
  • Hungarian: bobalink — songbird
  • Hungarian: seregélysármány — songbird
  • Icelandic: rísstarli — songbird
  • Irish: bobóilinc — songbird
  • Italian: doliconice — songbird
  • Japanese: ボボリンク (boboringu) — songbird
  • Lithuanian: ryžinis trupialas — songbird
  • Lithuanian: bobolinkas — songbird
  • Mohawk: tsitakon’kó:wa’ — songbird
  • Persian: برنجخورک — songbird
  • Polish: ryżojad — songbird
  • Portuguese: triste-pia — songbird
  • Russian: рисовая птица (risovaja ptica) — songbird
  • Russian: боболинк (bobolink) — songbird
  • Russian: рисовый трупиал (risovyj trupial) — songbird
  • Russian: рисовый желтушник (risovyj želtušnik) — songbird
  • Spanish: charlatán — songbird
  • Spanish: chambergo — songbird
  • Spanish: tordo arrocero — songbird
  • Turkish: pirinç kuşu — songbird
  • Welsh: bobolinc — songbird