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Meaning of REEDBIRD

Pronunciation:  'reed`burd

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  small European warbler that breeds among reeds and wedges and winters in Africa
  2. [n]  migratory American songbird
 
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 Synonyms: Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, ricebird, sedge bird, sedge warbler, sedge wren
 
 See Also: American oriole, Dolichonyx, genus Dolichonyx, New World oriole, Old World warbler, oriole, true warbler

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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}.
 

 

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