reedbird

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Related to reedbird: reed bunting, Red Bird, bobolink, coquette

reed·bird

(rēd′bûrd′)

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reedbird

(ˈriːdˌbɜːd)

(Animals) any of several birds that frequent reed beds, esp (in the US and Canada) the bobolink

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Noun	1.	reedbird - migratory American songbird bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, ricebird American oriole, New World oriole, oriole - American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow Dolichonyx, genus Dolichonyx - bobolinks
	2.	reedbird - small European warbler that breeds among reeds and wedges and winters in Africa Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, sedge bird, sedge warbler, sedge wren Old World warbler, true warbler - small active brownish or greyish Old World birds

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