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butterbird

butterbird noun: the bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus).

Noun

butterbird (plural butterbirds)

  1. (Jamaica) The bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus).

Forms of butterbird

pluralbutterbirds

Origin of butterbird

From butter + bird, from its fatness.

Questions about butterbird

What does butterbird mean?
Butterbird means the bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus).
What part of speech is butterbird?
Butterbird is a noun.
What is the plural of butterbird?
The plural of butterbird is butterbirds.

Words near butterbird in the dictionary

  1. butterballs
  2. butterbar
  3. butterbars
  4. butterbean
  5. butterbeans
  6. butterbird
  7. butterbirds
  8. butterboat
  9. butterboats
  10. butterbodies
  11. butterbody

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