Word: bittern
Category: bittern
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Related words: bittern
american bittern, least bittern, bittern bird, bittern call
Synonyms: bittern
eyeglass
Translations: bittern
bittern in german
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german
Translations:
rohrdommel, bitterstoff
bittern in french
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french
Translations:
butor
bittern in russian
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russian
Translations:
выпь, бугай
bittern in czech
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czech
Translations:
bukač
bittern in polish
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polish
Translations:
bąk
bittern in ukrainian
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ukrainian
Translations:
бугай
bittern in estonian
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estonian
Translations:
hüüp
The meaning and "use of": bittern
noun
- a large marsh bird of the heron family, typically smaller than a heron, with brown streaked plumage. The larger kinds are noted for the deep booming call of the male in the breeding season. - At Laurel Hill, you can spot waders such as herons, egrets, bitterns and glossy ibis, and predators such as ospreys, hawks, falcons and owls, with even the occasional bald eagle.
- a concentrated solution of various salts remaining after the crystallization of salt from seawater. - This is curdled by calcium sulphate, or by a traditional curdling agent called nigari in Japan; this is bittern , the lye left over after the crystallization of salt from sea water.
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