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.
Dolichonyx oryzivorus n : migratory American songbird [syn: {bobolink}, {ricebird}, {reedbird}]