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    RICEBIRD

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fieldsplay

    Synonyms:

    Java finch; Java sparrow; Padda oryzivora; ricebird

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Migratory American songbirdplay

    Synonyms:

    bobolink; Dolichonyx oryzivorus; reedbird; ricebird

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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)

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