noun
1. small European warbler that breeds among reeds and wedges and winters in Africa
• Syn: ↑sedge warbler, ↑sedge bird, ↑reedbird, ↑Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
• Hypernyms: ↑Old World warbler, ↑true warbler
2. small American wren inhabiting wet sedgy meadows
• Syn: ↑short-billed marsh wren, ↑Cistothorus platensis
• Hypernyms: ↑marsh wren
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nounsee sedge warbler
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a small wren, Cistothorus platensis, of the Americas, inhabiting wet, sedgy meadows. Also called marsh wren, short-billed marsh wren.
[1795-1805]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.