Word of the Day:
dickcissel
What It Means
The American black-throated bunting (Spiza americana).
Dickcissel in Context
“But it is as a destroyer of grasshoppers that the dickcissel excels.”
Did You Know?
Said to be imitative of its call.
Source and license
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