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swamp blackbird
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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the redwinged blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus.
See: soldier (black)bird
Quotations
1793
After we entered we rowed some distance among low lands covered with rushes, abounding with wild ducks and swamp black birds, with red wings.
1956
Red-winged blackbird [is also called] swamp blackbird ("Swamp" in the sense of marsh, General).