ricebird

ricebird
    n 1: migratory American songbird [syn: {bobolink}, {ricebird},
         {reedbird}, {Dolichonyx oryzivorus}]
    2: small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice
       fields [syn: {Java sparrow}, {Java finch}, {ricebird}, {Padda
       oryzivora}]
    

Java \Ja"va\ (j[aum]"v[.a]), n.
   1. One of the islands of the Malay Archipelago belonging to
      the Netherlands.
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   2. Java coffee, a kind of coffee brought from Java.
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   3. (Computers) [all capitals] an object-oriented computer
      programming language, derived largely from {C++}, used
      widely for design and display of web pages on the
      world-wide web. It is an interpreted language, and has
      been suggested as a platform-independent code to allow
      execution of the same progam under multiple operating
      systems without recompiling. The language is still (1997)
      under active development, and is evolving.
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   {Java cat} (Zool.), the musang.

   {Java sparrow} (Zool.), a species of finch ({Padda
      oryzivora}), native of Java, but very commonly kept as a
      cage bird; -- called also {ricebird}, and {paddy bird}. In
      the male the upper parts are glaucous gray, the head and
      tail black, the under parts delicate rose, and the cheeks
      white. The bill is large and red. A white variety is also
      kept as a cage bird.
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Ricebird \Rice"bird`\, n. (Zool.)
   (a) The Java sparrow.
   (b) The bobolink.
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Bobolink \Bob"o*link`\, n. (Zool.)
   An American singing bird ({Dolichonyx oryzivorus}). The male
   is black and white; the female is brown; -- called also,
   {ricebird}, {reedbird}, and {Boblincoln}.
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         The happiest bird of our spring is the bobolink. --W.
                                                  Irving.
   [1913 Webster] Bobsled