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English
stakedriver
Etymology
stake + driver; so called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in driving a stake into the mud.
Noun
stake-driver (plural stake-drivers)
- An American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus).
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stake, driver.
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