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Definition: sun bittern
Bittern
\Bit"tern\, n. [OE. bitoure, betore, bitter, fr. F.
butor; of unknown origin.] (Zo["o]l.)
A wading bird of the genus
Botaurus, allied to the herons,
of various species.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The common European bittern is
Botaurus stellaris. It
makes, during the brooding season, a noise called by
Dryden bumping, and by Goldsmith booming. The American
bittern is
Botaurus lentiginosus, and is also called
stake-driver and
meadow hen. See
Stake-driver.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The name is applied to other related birds, as the
least bittern (
Ardetta exilis), and the
sun bittern
.
[1913 Webster]
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