[syn: sedge warbler, sedge bird, sedge wren, reedbird, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Reedbird \Reed"bird`\ (r?d"b?rd`), n. (Zool.)
(a) The bobolink.
(b) One of several small Asiatic singing birds of the
genera Sch[oe]nicola and Eurycercus; -- called
also reed babbler.
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bobolink \Bob"o*link`\, n. (Zool.)
An American singing bird (Dolichonyx oryzivorus). The male
is black and white; the female is brown; -- called also,
ricebird, reedbird, and Boblincoln.
[1913 Webster]
The happiest bird of our spring is the bobolink. --W.
Irving.
[1913 Webster] Bobsled
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
reedbird
n 1: migratory American songbird [syn: bobolink, ricebird,
reedbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorus]
2: small European warbler that breeds among reeds and wedges and
winters in Africa [syn: sedge warbler, sedge bird, sedge
wren, reedbird, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus]