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ricebird

rice·bird
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [rahys-burd]
    • /ˈraɪsˌbɜrd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [rahys-burd]
    • /ˈraɪsˌbɜrd/

Definitions of ricebird word

  • noun ricebird Southern U.S. the bobolink. 1
  • noun ricebird Java sparrow. 1
  • noun ricebird any of several other birds that frequent rice fields. 1
  • noun ricebird any of various birds frequenting rice fields, esp the Java sparrow 0
  • noun ricebird Java sparrow 0
  • noun ricebird bobolink 0

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Origin of ricebird

First appearance:

before 1695
One of the 49% oldest English words
First recorded in 1695-1705; rice + bird

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Parts of speech for Ricebird

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

ricebird popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

ricebird usage trend in Literature

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