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单词 reed bunting
释义

reed bunting


noun

an Old World bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus, inhabiting marshy areas.

Origin of reed bunting

First recorded in 1775–85

Words nearby reed bunting

reecho, reechy, reed, reedbird, reedbuck, reed bunting, reed grass, reeding, reed instrument, Reedley, reedling
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Example sentences from the Web for reed bunting

  • A Reed-Bunting occupied a central territory in a strip of marshy ground inhabited annually by four or five males of this species.

    Territory in Bird Life|H. Eliot Howard
  • The nests of the Reed-bunting are difficult to find, at least, I have seldom been successful.

    Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children|W. Houghton
  • When in the neighbourhood of swampy places and reed-beds, a look-out must be kept for the reed-bunting.

    Birds in Flight|W. P. Pycraft
  • Well, some observers have remarked the same thing in the case of the reed-bunting.

    Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children|W. Houghton

British Dictionary definitions for reed bunting

reed bunting

noun

a common European bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus, that occurs near reed beds and has a brown streaked plumage with, in the male, a black head
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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