reedbird

[reed-burd]

noun

Southern U.S.

1. bobolink.

reedbird

/ ˈriːdˌbɜːd /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of reedbird¹

First recorded in 1640–50; reed + bird

Example Sentences

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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