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stake-driver

stake-driver noun: an American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus).

Noun

stake-driver (plural stake-drivers)

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

Forms of stake-driver

pluralstake-drivers

Origin of stake-driver

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

Questions about stake-driver

What does stake-driver mean?
Stake-driver means an American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus).
What part of speech is stake-driver?
Stake-driver is a noun.
What is the plural of stake-driver?
The plural of stake-driver is stake-drivers.

Words near stake-driver in the dictionary

  1. stake boats
  2. stake of Zion
  3. stake one's life
  4. stake out
  5. Stake Pool
  6. stake-driver
  7. stake-drivers
  8. stake-out
  9. stakebed
  10. stakebeds
  11. stakebodies

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