stake-driver

noun — 2 senses

stake-driver

noun

Etymology From stake + driver; so called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in driving a stake into the mud.

1

An American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus).

2

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stake, driver.

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