Skŭnk'-bĭrd or Skŭnk'-blăck'bĭrd, n.

n. (Ornith.) A bird of the genus Emberiza (E. oryzivora of Linnæus); the bobolink or rice-bird; — popularly so called from the resemblance of the colors of the male, at certain periods of the year, to those of a skunk.