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Webster 1913 Edition


Stake-driver

Stake′-drivˊer

(-drīvˊẽr)
,
Noun.
(Zool.)
The common American bittern (
Botaurus lentiginosus
); – so called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in driving a stake into the mud. Called also
meadow hen
, and
Indian hen
.

Definition 2024


stake-driver

stake-driver

English

Noun

stake-driver (plural stake-drivers)

  1. A bird, the American bittern.