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NIGHT RAVEN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any bird that cries at night

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("night raven" is a kind of...):

night bird (any bird associated with night: owl; nightingale; nighthawk; etc)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Nocturnal or crepuscular herons

Synonyms:

night heron; night raven

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("night raven" 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 "night raven"):

black-crowned night heron; Nycticorax nycticorax (night heron of both Old and New Worlds)

Nyctanassa violacea; yellow-crowned night heron (North American night heron)

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