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dickcissel
noun
dick·cis·sel
dik-ˈsi-səl 
ˈdik-ˌsi-
: a common migratory black-throated finch (Spiza americana of the family Cardinalidae) of the central U.S.
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Also reported were a dickcissel at Elm Hill Sanctuary in North Brookfield, a Lapland longspur at the Uxbridge Community Gardens, and six white-winged crossbills in Templeton.
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BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2021
Other sightings included a little gull and five Forster’s terns at Revere Beach, a late eastern kingbird at Belle Isle in East Boston along with a gray-cheeked thrush, a dickcissel, and a yellow-breasted chat.
—Maria Elena Little Endara, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Oct. 2022
At the Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust Ocean View Farm Reserve, a golden eagle, a late Eastern phoebe, a palm warbler and a dickcissel.
—Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Dec. 2022
The male dickcissel, a member of the same avian family as the cardinal, can spend up to 70% of its day singing.
—Sheetal R. Modi, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2014
Three continuing sandhill cranes at Burrage Pond Wildlife Management Area in Hanson, and a sharp-shinned hawk and a dickcissel at the Manomet Bird Observatory in Manomet.
—BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2022
Worcester County: There were reports of a yellow-bellied flycatcher and a dickcissel at the Westborough Wildlife Area, and a Louisiana waterthrush in Hardwick.
—BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2021
Another clay-colored sparrow was seen at Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary along with a dickcissel, while a red-headed woodpecker and a white-eyed vireo were spotted in Amherst.
—BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2021
Among sightings were a trumpeter swan on Sesachacha Pond, 12 snow geese near Sankaty Head Lighthouse, and a dickcissel continued to visit a feeder at 215 Madaket Road in Madaket.
—BostonGlobe.com, 12 Feb. 2022
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BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2021
Other sightings included a little gull and five Forster’s terns at Revere Beach, a late eastern kingbird at Belle Isle in East Boston along with a gray-cheeked thrush, a dickcissel, and a yellow-breasted chat.
—Maria Elena Little Endara, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Oct. 2022
At the Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust Ocean View Farm Reserve, a golden eagle, a late Eastern phoebe, a palm warbler and a dickcissel.
—Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Dec. 2022
The male dickcissel, a member of the same avian family as the cardinal, can spend up to 70% of its day singing.
—Sheetal R. Modi, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2014
Three continuing sandhill cranes at Burrage Pond Wildlife Management Area in Hanson, and a sharp-shinned hawk and a dickcissel at the Manomet Bird Observatory in Manomet.
—BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2022
Worcester County: There were reports of a yellow-bellied flycatcher and a dickcissel at the Westborough Wildlife Area, and a Louisiana waterthrush in Hardwick.
—BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2021
Another clay-colored sparrow was seen at Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary along with a dickcissel, while a red-headed woodpecker and a white-eyed vireo were spotted in Amherst.
—BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2021
Among sightings were a trumpeter swan on Sesachacha Pond, 12 snow geese near Sankaty Head Lighthouse, and a dickcissel continued to visit a feeder at 215 Madaket Road in Madaket.
—BostonGlobe.com, 12 Feb. 2022
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Etymology
imitative
First Known Use
1886, in the meaning defined above
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