Stake"-driv`er (?), n.
(Zoöl.) 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.
Stake"-driv`er (?), n.
(Zoöl.) 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.