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A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species.
relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes
a long-necked, brownish, wading-bird with a resonant cry
a type of bird
a medium-sized, tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and found in marshes
heron-like bird
Bitterns are a classification of wading birds in the heron family Ardeidae. Species named as bitterns tend to be the shorter necked, often more secretive members of this family. Called hæferblæte in Old English, the word bittern came to English from Old French butor, itself from Gallo-roman butitaurus, a portmanteau of latin Latin būtiŠand taurus.
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