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Botaurus lentiginosus
(gcide) | Stake-driver \Stake"-driv`er\ (-dr[imac]v`[~e]r), n. (Zool.)
The common American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus); -- so
called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in
driving a stake into the mud. Called also meadow hen, and
Indian hen.
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Botaurus lentiginosus
(gcide) | Bittern \Bit"tern\, n. [OE. bitoure, betore, bitter, fr. F.
butor; of unknown origin.] (Zool.)
A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons,
of various species.
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Note: The common European bittern is Botaurus stellaris. It
makes, during the brooding season, a noise called by
Dryden bumping, and by Goldsmith booming. The American
bittern is Botaurus lentiginosus, and is also called
stake-driver and meadow hen. See Stake-driver.
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Note: The name is applied to other related birds, as the
least bittern (Ardetta exilis), and the {sun
bittern}.
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botaurus lentiginosus
(wn) | Botaurus lentiginosus
n 1: a kind of bittern [syn: American bittern, stake driver,
Botaurus lentiginosus] |
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