English Explanatory Dictionary

little bittern

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bittern of the genus Ixobrychus.
  2. A bittern of the species Ixobrychus minutus.

Word forms

little bittern little bitterns

Etymology

From little + bittern (“a bird in the heron family Ardeidae”).

Translations

Finnish: pikkuhaikara Polish: bączek Russian: волчо́к Swedish: dvärgrördrom
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