单词 | stake-driver |
释义 | > as lemmasstake-driver stake-driver n. U.S. the bittern, Botaurus mugitans. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > member of genus Botaurus (bittern) > miscellaneous types of American bitternc1330 bitternc1330 shitepoke1775 dunkadooa1813 matuku1847 stake-driver1872 thunder-pumper1877 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 269 Botaurus. Bittern... Stake-driver. 1889 H. Saunders Man. Brit. Birds 374 The note of the male..is..like the noise made by driving a stake in boggy soil, whence its common name of ‘Stake-’ or ‘Post-driver’. < as lemmas |
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