1. a North American songbird with black and white plumage in males during breeding season

Examples

• The bobolink’s melodious song filled the meadow at dawn.
• Male bobolinks develop striking black and white feathers during mating season.
• Farmers once considered bobolinks pests because they ate rice crops.
• The bobolink migrates thousands of miles from North America to South America.
• We spotted a bobolink perched on a fence post in the grassland.
• Female bobolinks have more subdued brown and buff coloring than males.