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bittern
n.
any of a number of brown herons which live in marshes (found in Europe and North America)
Bittern
Bitterns are a classification of birds in the
heron family, Ardeidae, a family of wading birds. Species named bitterns tend to be the shorter-necked, often more secretive members of this family. They were called
hæferblæte in
Old English; the word "bittern" came to
English from
Old French butor, itself from Gallo-Roman
butitaurus, a compound of
Latin butio and
taurus. Bitterns form a
monophyletic subfamily in the heron family, the
Botaurinae.
bittern
Noun
1. relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes
(hypernym) heron
(hyponym) American bittern, stake driver, Botaurus lentiginosus
Bitter (der)
nm.
solicitor, lawyer, advocate; one who requests, one who persuades
Bittern
(n.)
A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species.
(a.)
The brine which remains in salt works after the salt is concreted, having a bitter taste from the chloride of magnesium which it contains.
(a.)
A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus Indicus, etc., used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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