dickcissel

English

A dickcissel.

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Etymology

Said to be imitative of its call.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪkˈsɪsəl/, /ˈdɪkˌsɪsəl/

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Noun

dickcissel (plural dickcissels)

1. The American black-throated bunting (Spiza americana).
   • 1901, Sylvester D. Judd, The Relation of Sparrows to Agriculture, page 91:

     But it is as a destroyer of grasshoppers that the dickcissel excels.

References

• “dickcissel”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “dickcissel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• dicksicles