BITTERN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("bittern" is a kind of...):

heron (grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bittern"):

American bittern; Botaurus lentiginosus; stake driver; Botaurus stellaris; European bittern (a kind of bittern)

Ixobrychus exilis; least bittern (small American bittern)

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