night raven
a bird that cries in the night.
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How to use night raven in a sentence
Willughby thought that the so-called night-raven was the bittern.
The Ornithology of Shakespeare | James Edmund HartingI had as lief have heard the night-raven, come what plague could have come after it.
The Ornithology of Shakespeare | James Edmund HartingBy 'raven,' the poet probably meant the night-raven, of which he had already spoken in Much Ado, ii.
In some parts both of England and Ireland it is known as the Night-raven, and under that title is held in the greatest fear.
Bible Animals; | J. G. WoodBenedick observes to himself: I had as lief have heard the night-raven, come what plague could have come after it.
Folk-lore of Shakespeare | Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer
British Dictionary definitions for night raven
poetic any bird, esp the night heron, that is most active at night
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