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Definition of: bittern

(bitərn) noun
A small, speckled, pale-buff heron (Botaurus lentiginosus) of North America, which utters a booming note in the breeding season.
—least bittern
The American dwarf bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
. [<OF butor, ? <L butio, -onis a hawk]

Definition of: bittern

(bitərn) noun
1. In salt manufacture, the waste liquor remaining after crystallization from brine.
2. A bitter mixture of quassia.

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bittern ixobrychus
bittern botaurus
great bittern
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yellow bittern
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dwarf bittern
schrenck s bittern
eurasian bittern
pinnated bittern
white crested bittern
stripe backed bittern

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