REEDLING

Etymology

Noun

reedling (plural reedlings)

A bird, the bearded reedling or bearded tit.

Anagrams

• deerling, eldering, engirdle, lingered

Source: Wiktionary


Reed"ling (-lng), n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The European bearded titmouse (Panurus biarmicus); -- called also reed bunting, bearded pinnock, and lesser butcher bird.

Note: It is orange brown, marked with black, white, and yellow on the wings. The male has a tuft of black feathers on each side of the face.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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