Reedbird

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Reedbird \Reed"bird`\ (r?d"b?rd`), n. (Zool.)
        (a) The bobolink.
        (b) One of several small Asiatic singing birds of the
            genera {Sch[oe]nicola} and {Eurycercus}; -- called
            also {reed babbler}.



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bobolink \Bob"o*link`\, n. (Zool.)
     An American singing bird ({Dolichonyx oryzivorus}). The male
     is black and white; the female is brown; -- called also,
     {ricebird}, {reedbird}, and {Boblincoln}.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The happiest bird of our spring is the bobolink. --W.
                                                    Irving.
     [1913 Webster] Bobsled

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]