reedbird

Noun
Synonyms: bobolinkricebirdDolichonyx oryzivorussedge warblersedge birdsedge wrenAcrocephalus schoenobaenus

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)

  1. migratory American songbirdSynonyms: bobolinkricebirdDolichonyx oryzivorusType of New World oriole, American orioleMember of Dolichonyx, genus Dolichonyx
  2. small European warbler that breeds among reeds and wedges and winters in AfricaSynonyms: sedge warblersedge birdsedge wrenAcrocephalus schoenobaenusType of Old World warbler, true warbler
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Reed′bird′ (r?d′b?rd′), noun

Zoology (a) The bobolink. (b) One of several small Asiatic singing birds of the genera Schœnicola and Eurycercus; — called also reed babbler. Reed′buck′ (-b?k′), noun Zoology See Rietboc.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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