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reedling in British English
(ˈriːdlɪŋ)
noun
a titlike Eurasian songbird, Panurus biarmicus, common in reed beds: family Muscicapidae (Old World flycatchers, etc). It has a tawny back and tail and, in the male, a grey-and-black head
Also called: bearded titreedling in American English
(ˈridlɪŋ)
noun
Brit dialect
the bearded tit
Word origin
[1820–30; reed + -ling1]This word is first recorded in the period 1820–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blouse, exogenous, insider, karma, myth-ling is a suffix of nouns, often pejorative, denoting one concerned with (hireling; underling), or diminutive (princeling; duckling)Image ofreedling
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