noun
Meaning 1
A bittern of the genus Ixobrychus.
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noun
A bittern of the genus Ixobrychus.
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noun
A bittern of the genus Ixobrychus.
A bittern of the species Ixobrychus minutus.
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History
From little + bittern (“a bird in the heron family Ardeidae”).
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