Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Reedbird"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Reedbird \Reed"bird`\ (r?d"b?rd`), n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The bobolink.
(b) One of several small Asiatic singing birds of the
genera {Sch[oe]nicola} and {Eurycercus}; -- called
also {reed babbler}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bobolink \Bob"o*link`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
An American singing bird ({Dolichonyx oryzivorus}). The male
is black and white; the female is brown; -- called also,
{ricebird}, {reedbird}, and {Boblincoln}.
The happiest bird of our spring is the bobolink. --W.
Irving.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
reedbird
n 1: migratory American songbird [syn: {bobolink}, {ricebird}, {Dolichonyx
oryzivorus}]
2: small European warbler that breeds among reeds and wedges
and winters in Africa [syn: {sedge warbler}, {sedge bird},
{sedge wren}, {Acrocephalus schoenobaenus}]
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