| NOUN | animal | bittern | relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry |
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| Meaning | relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes. | |
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| Narrower | American bittern, stake driver, Botaurus lentiginosus | A kind of bittern |
| European bittern, Botaurus stellaris | A kind of bittern | |
| least bittern, Ixobrychus exilis | small American bittern | |
| Broader | heron | Grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill |
| Spanish | avetoro | |
| Catalan | bitó | |
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