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reedbird

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The bobolink.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

One of several small Asiatic songbirds of the genera Schoenicola and Laticilla.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sedge warbler, sedge bird, sedge wren, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Old World warbler, true warbler

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noun

Meaning 4

migratory American songbird

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bobolink, ricebird, Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: New World oriole, American oriole, oriole

History

Etymology

From reed + bird.