American bittern
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of American bittern
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
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Without golf balls whizzing overhead, the land has become habitat for migratory shorebirds, among them black-necked stilts, greater yellowlegs and sandpipers, and has even drawn the secretive American bittern.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2024
Augustine on American bittern, 352. —— on origin of calamity, 352.
The American bittern is B. lentiginosus, and is also called stakeÏdriver and meadow hen.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
The great blue heron and American bittern are not common, but less rare than they are supposed to be.
From Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador An Address Presented by Lt.-Colonel William Wood, F.R.S.C. before the Second Annual Meeting of the Commission of Conservation at Quebec, January, 1911 by William Charles Henry Wood
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