English Explanatory Dictionary

stake-driver

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

stake-driver stake-drivers

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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