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Bittern Moderate

Bittern has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes

2

Several bird species in the Botaurinae subfamily of the heron family Ardeidae.

3

The liquor remaining after halite (common salt) has been harvested from saline water (brine).

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
heron
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
American bittern European bittern least bittern
Rhyming Words
ern bern tern dern kern yern vern wern hern pern fern gern cern ahern stern thern scern quern altern astern
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