The story
From stake + driver; so called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in driving a stake into the mud.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: An American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus). Full definition →
From stake + driver; so called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in driving a stake into the mud.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.