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A medium-sized heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), found throughout a large part of the world, except in the coldest regions and Australasia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
night heron of both Old and New Worlds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Nycticorax nycticorax
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: night heron, night raven
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
90 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
gewone nagreier
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Arabic:
غُرَاب اللَيْل أَسْوَد التَاج
(ḡurāb al-layl ʔaswad at-tāj)
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Armenian:
կվակվա
(kvakva)
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Asturian:
martinete común
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Azerbaijani:
adi qarıldaq
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Basque:
amiltxori arrunt
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Belarusian:
кваква звычайная
(kvakva zvyčajnaja)
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Bengali:
নিশি বক
(niśi bok)
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Bihari:
तार बकुला
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Breton:
kerc'heiz-noz kein du
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Bulgarian:
нощна чапла
(noštna čapla)
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Burmese:
လင်းဝက်
(lang:wak)
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Carpathian Rusyn:
кваква
(kvakva)
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Catalan:
martinet de nit
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Chinese Cantonese:
夜鷺 /夜鹭
(je6 lou6)
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Chinese Mandarin:
夜鷺 /夜鹭
(yèlù)
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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East Circassian:
псыхэуэпщагуэ
(psəxɛwɛpśagwɛ)
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Czech:
kvakoš noční
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Danish:
nathejre
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Dhivehi:
ރާބޮނދި
(rābondi)
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Dutch:
kwak
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Esperanto:
noktardeo
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Estonian:
ööhaigur
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Faroese:
nátthegri
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Finnish:
yöhaikara
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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French:
bihoreau gris
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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French:
héron bihoreau
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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French:
corbeau de nuit
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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West-Frisian:
kwak
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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German:
Nachtreiher
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Greek:
νυχτοκόρακας
(nychtokórakas)
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Gujarati:
અવાક
(avāk)
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Gujarati:
વાક
(vāk)
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Hausa:
namakiri
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Hawaiian:
ʻaukuʻu
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Hebrew:
אנפת לילה מצויה
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Hungarian:
bakcsó
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Hungarian:
vakvarjú
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Hungarian:
kvakvarjú
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Hungarian:
oláhpap
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Hungarian:
kakcsó
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Hungarian:
vakkánya
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Indonesian:
kowak-malam abu
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Irish:
corr oíche
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Italian:
nitticora
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Japanese:
五位鷺
(goisagi)
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Kannada:
ರಾತ್ರಿ ಬಕ
(rātri baka)
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Kazakh:
бақылдақ құтан
(baqyldaq qūtan)
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Korean:
해오라기
(hae'oragi)
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Kyrgyz:
түнчү кытан
(tüncü kıtan)
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Latvian:
nakts gārnis
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Lithuanian:
naktikovas
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Macedonian:
ноќна чапја
(noḱna čapja)
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Macedonian:
драјка
(drajka)
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Malay:
burung puchong kuak
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Malayalam:
പാതിരാക്കൊക്ക്
(pātirākkokkŭ)
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Marathi:
रात ढोकरी
(rāt ḍhokrī)
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Nepali:
बाँके बकुल्ला
(bā̃ke bakullā)
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Norwegian Bokmål:
natthegre
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
natthegre
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Persian:
حواصیل کاکلسیاه
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Picard:
buhorioe
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Picard:
bitoreau
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Picard:
bihéron
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Polish:
ślepowron
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Portuguese:
savacu
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Portuguese:
socó-dorminhoco
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Punjabi:
رات دا ہیرون
(rāt dā heron)
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Quechua:
waqwa
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Romanian:
stârc de noapte
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Russian:
обыкнове́нная ква́ква
(obyknovénnaja kvákva)
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Russian:
ночна́я ца́пля
(nočnája cáplja)
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Slovak:
chavkoš nočný
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Spanish:
martinete común
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Spanish:
pedrete gris
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Spanish:
garza bruja
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Spanish:
huairavo
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Spanish:
guaco
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Spanish:
huaco
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Spanish:
cuaco
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Spanish:
gauda (Chiloé)
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Swedish:
natthäger
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Tamil:
இராக்கொக்கு
(irākkokku)
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Thai:
นกแขวก
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Turkish:
gece balıkçılı
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Ukrainian:
квак
(kvak)
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Unami:
kaòkche
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Vietnamese:
vạc
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Welsh:
crëyr y nos
— Nycticorax nycticorax
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Yámana:
túwux
— Nycticorax nycticorax