Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The bobolink.
- noun The wood-thrush.
- noun The knot or red-breasted sandpiper.
- noun The May-curlew or whimbrel.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Southern U. S., Southern U. S. The whimbrel; -- called also
May fowl ,May curlew , andMay whaap . - noun Southern U. S. The knot.
- noun The bobolink.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
bobolink .
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Examples
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Nothing makes one look more ridiculous than chasing an independent maybird of no particular views across an onion bed.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 29, 1920 Various 1898
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He came round that evening and hewed down an apple-tree under the light of the moon to make room for the maybird-run, and in the morning he brought a large roll of wire-netting, and the next day he built a wooden house, and the day after that he brought his five maybirds, and the day after that he came round and asked for some cinders.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 29, 1920 Various 1898
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