RICEBIRD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ricebird mean? 

• RICEBIRD (noun)
  The noun RICEBIRD has 2 senses:

1. migratory American songbird

2. small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields

  Familiarity information: RICEBIRD used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RICEBIRD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Migratory American songbird

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bobolink; Dolichonyx oryzivorus; reedbird; ricebird

Hypernyms ("ricebird" is a kind of...):

American oriole; New World oriole; oriole (American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow)

Holonyms ("ricebird" is a member of...):

Dolichonyx; genus Dolichonyx (bobolinks)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Java finch; Java sparrow; Padda oryzivora; ricebird

Hypernyms ("ricebird" is a kind of...):

weaver; weaver finch; weaverbird (finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests)

Holonyms ("ricebird" is a member of...):

genus Padda; Padda (a genus of Ploceidae)