† Conˈquedle Obs.
A name of the North American Bobolink or Rice-bird.
1783 Latham Synop. Birds II. i. 189 This species is known in the country by the names of Bob-Lincoln and Conquedle. 1796 Morse Amer. Geog. I. 210 note, Called in New England, Boblincoln, Conquedle. |