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STAKEDRIVER
Stake"-driv`er, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The common American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus); -- so called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in driving a stake into the mud. Called also meadow hen, and Indian hen.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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