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REEDBIRD

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small European warbler that breeds among reeds and wedges and winters in Africa

Synonyms:

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus; reedbird; sedge bird; sedge warbler; sedge wren

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("reedbird" is a kind of...):

Old World warbler; true warbler (small active brownish or greyish Old World birds)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Migratory American songbird

Synonyms:

bobolink; Dolichonyx oryzivorus; reedbird; ricebird

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("reedbird" is a kind of...):

American oriole; New World oriole; oriole (American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow)

Holonyms ("reedbird" is a member of...):

Dolichonyx; genus Dolichonyx (bobolinks)

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