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Definition: Indian hen
Stake-driver
\Stake"-driv`er\ (-dr[imac]v`[~e]r), n. (Zo["o]l.)
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.
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