Stake-driver

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus).
  2. 2
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stake, driver.

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american bittern

Etymology

From stake + driver; so called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in driving a stake into the mud.

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