REEDBIRD

bobolink, ricebird, reedbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorus

(noun) migratory American songbird

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

reedbird (plural reedbirds)

The bobolink.

One of several small Asiatic songbirds of the genera Schoenicola and Laticilla.

Anagrams

• debrider, rebidder

Source: Wiktionary


Reed"bird` (rd"brd`), n. (Zoöl.) (a) The bobolink. (b) One of several small Asiatic singing birds of the genera Schoenicola and Eurycercus; -- called also reed babbler.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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