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Definition 2024
reed_warbler
reed warbler
English
Noun
reed warbler (plural reed warblers)
- A species of warbler, Acrocephalus scirpaceus, native to Eurasia. [from 18th c.]
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2016, Rob Yarham, The Guardian, 12 July:
- Familiar summer-morning bird song rises from the trees, reeds and bushes – song thrush, wren, reed bunting and the rhythmic, steady, repeated “chit-chit-chit” of a reed warbler.
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2016, Rob Yarham, The Guardian, 12 July:
- Any of various similar Old World birds of the same genus, especially the great reed warbler (A. arundinaceus) and the clamorous reed warbler (A. stentoreus).
Translations
Acrocephalus scirpaceus