Found 3 items, similar to bittern.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: bittern burung
English → English (WordNet) Definition: bittern bittern n : relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes
English → English (gcide) Definition: Bittern Bittern \Bit"tern\, n. [From Bitter, a.] 1. The brine which remains in salt works after the salt is concreted, having a bitter taste from the chloride of magnesium which it contains. [1913 Webster] 2. A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus Indicus, etc., used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer. --Cooley. [1913 Webster] 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]