REEDBIRD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reedbird mean? 

• REEDBIRD (noun)
  The noun REEDBIRD has 2 senses:

1. migratory American songbird

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

  Familiarity information: REEDBIRD used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REEDBIRD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Migratory American songbird

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bobolink; Dolichonyx oryzivorus; reedbird; ricebird

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

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

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

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