reedling

American

[reed-ling] / ˈrid lɪŋ /

noun

British Dialect.

the bearded tit.

reedling British

/ ˈriːdlɪŋ /

noun

Also called: bearded tit. a titlike Eurasian songbird, Panurus biarmicus , common in reed beds: family Muscicapidae (Old World flycatchers, etc). It has a tawny back and tail and, in the male, a grey-and-black head

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Etymology

Origin of reedling

First recorded in 1820–30; reed + -ling ¹

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The giraffe, the glutton, the walrus, the bearded reedling, the secretary-bird, and many others, have no close allies, and each forms a genus by itself.

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