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reedbird

[ reed-burd ]

noun

Southern U.S.


reedbird

/ ˈ°ù¾±Ë»åËŒ²úɜ˻å /

noun

  1. any of several birds that frequent reed beds, esp (in the US and Canada) the bobolink
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of reedbird1

First recorded in 1640–50; reed + bird
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It goes North as the bobolink and goes South as the reedbird or ricebird.

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We have some capital things of our own, too; such as canvas-backs, reedbirds, sheepshead, shad, and blackfish.

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It is bad enough to doom the bobolink to the pot after he has changed his coat and become a reedbird, and given some reason for his fate by his unfortunate fondness for rice.

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We have some capital things of our own, too; such as canvass-backs, reedbirds, sheepshead, shad, and blackfish.

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Boblincoln no more, he is the reedbird now, the much-sought-for tidbit of Pennsylvanian epicures, the rival in unlucky fame of the ortolan!

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