[dik-sis-uh
l] 
| a bunting, Spiza americana, of the eastern and central U.S., having a brownish back streaked with black and a yellowish breast and in the male a black patch on the throat. |
| dick·cis·sel (dĭk-sĭs'əl, dĭk'sĭs'-) 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.] |