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bobolinks

bobolinks is the plural of bobolink.

Meaning of bobolink

Noun

bobolink (plural bobolinks)

  1. An American migratory songbird (Dolichonyx oryzivorus), resembling a blackbird with the bill of a finch.
    • Lethe in my flower / Of which they who drink / In the fadeless orchards / Hear the bobolink.a. 1887 (date written), Emily Dickinson, “(please specify the chapter or poem)”, in M[abel] L[oomis] Todd and M[illicent] T[odd] Bingham, editors, Bolts of Melody, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row...
    Synonyms:
    conquedle, Bob Lincoln, butterbird, reedbird, ricebird, rice bunting

Questions about bobolinks

What is bobolinks the plural of?
Bobolinks is the plural of bobolink.

Words near bobolinks in the dictionary

  1. Bobo-Dioulasso
  2. bobol
  3. bobolee
  4. bobolees
  5. bobolink
  6. bobolinks
  7. Bobon
  8. Bobonon
  9. bobos
  10. Boboshticë
  11. Bobota

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