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Stake-driver

Stake-driver Meaning & Definition
Stake-driver Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Stake-driver?

[n] a kind of bittern

Synonyms | Synonyms for Stake-driver: American bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus

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See Also | bittern | Botaurus | genus Botaurus

Stake-driver In Webster's Dictionary

\Stake"-driv`er\, n. (Zo["o]l.) 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}.

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