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reedbird |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Reedbird \Reed"bird`\ (r?d"b?rd`), n. (Zo["o]l.) a The bobolink. b One of several small Asiatic singing birds of the genera {Sch[oe]nicola} and {Eurycercus}; -- called also {reed babbler}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bobolink \Bob"o*link`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) An American singing bird ({Dolichonyx oryzivorus}). The male is black and white; the female is brown; -- called also {ricebird}, {reedbird}, and {Boblincoln}. The happiest bird of our spring is the bobolink. --W. Irving. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: reedbird n 1: migratory American songbird [syn: {bobolink}, {ricebird}, {Dolichonyx oryzivorus}] 2: small European warbler that breeds among reeds and wedges and winters in Africa [syn: {sedge warbler}, {sedge bird}, {sedge wren}, {Acrocephalus schoenobaenus}]
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