bittern : Idioms & Phrases


american bittern

  • noun a kind of bittern
    stake driver; Botaurus lentiginosus.
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european bittern

  • noun a kind of bittern
    Botaurus stellaris.
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least bittern

  • noun small American bittern
    Ixobrychus exilis.
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Sun bittern

  • (Zoöl.), a singular South American bird (Eurypyga helias), in some respects related both to the rails and herons. It is beautifully variegated with white, brown, and black. Called also sunbird, and tiger bittern.
Webster 1913

Tiger bittern

  • . (Zoöl.) See Sun bittern, under Sun.
Webster 1913