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dickcissel
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dick·cis·sel  (dk-ssl, dkss-)
n.
A sparrowlike bird (Spiza americana) native to southern Ontario and the central United States, of which the male has a yellow breast marked with a small black bib on the throat.
[Imitative of its song.]


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