reed warbler

English
the reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)

Alternative forms
  • reed-warbler

Noun

reed warbler (plural reed warblers)

  1. A species of warbler, Acrocephalus scirpaceus, family Acrocephalidae, native to Eurasia and Africa. [from 18th c.]
    • 2016 July 12, Rob Yarham, The Guardian:
      Familiar summer-morning bird song rises from the trees, reeds and bushes – song thrush, wren, reed bunting and the rhythmic, steady, repeated “chit-chit-chit” of a reed warbler.
  2. Any of various similar Old World birds of the same genus, especially great reed warbler (A. arundinaceus) and clamorous reed warbler (A. stentoreus).

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