American bittern

American  

noun

1. bittern11

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Etymology

Origin of American bittern

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

Example Sentences

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

An officer picked up an American bittern that had flown into a window and took it to City Wildlife for rehabilitation.

From Washington Post

Another unusual species more often heard than seen on the refuge is the American bittern.

From Washington Times

Below, out of the swamp sedge, rises the mournful cry of the quabird—the American bittern—and from the same, the deep sonorous bellow of that ugliest animal on earth—the alligator.

From Project Gutenberg

The great blue heron and American bittern are not common, but less rare than they are supposed to be.

From Project Gutenberg