Stake-driver \Stake"-driv`er\, 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}.
Botaurus lentiginosus n : a kind of bittern [syn: {American bittern}, {stake driver}]