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| bit·tern [ bíttərn ] (plural bit·terns) |
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wading bird: a bird of the heron family with mottled brownish feathers and a booming call. It lives among reeds in marshes. Family Ardeidae.
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| [Early 16th century. Alteration of bitore, probably < Anglo-Latin butorius or Old French butor< Latin butio "bittern" + taurus "bull"] |
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