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Bob Lincoln
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English
Etymology
Imitative of the bird's call, like en bobolink.
Noun
en US Canada The bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus species).
en 1840 Philip Henry Gosse The Canadian naturalist : a series of conversations on the natural history of Lower Canada 131 my first impression was, "there is a Bob Lincoln."
en Icterids