reedbird in British English
(ˈriːdˌbɜːd)
noun
any of several birds that frequent reed beds, esp (in the US and Canada) the bobolink
reedbird in American English
(ˈridˌbɜrd)
US
noun
Dialectal
bobolink
reedbird in American English
(ˈridˌbɜːrd)
noun
Southern U.S.
bobolink
Word origin
[1640–50; reed + bird]This word is first recorded in the period 1640–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: differential, impulse, selection, sludge, tonicImage ofreedbird
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Word lists withreedbird
bird- to crown sb king
- to cruise up or along a road
- to cry for help
- to cry your eyes out
- tocsin
- to cull sth from sth
- to culminate in or with sth
- to cup one's hands
- to cup sth in one's hands
- to curry favour with sb
- to curse sb for sth/for doing sth
- to cut across or through a place
- to cut a hole in sth
- to cut a long story short
- to-cut-a-long-story-short
- to cut and run
- to cut a particular figure
- to cut a tooth
- to cut a visit short
- to cut both ways
- to cut corners
- to cut/divide sth into quarters
- to cut in (on sb)
- to cut it fine
- to cut loose