herons and bitterns

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• bitterns — bit·tern || bɪtÉ™n n. any of a number of brown herons which live in marshes (found in Europe and North America) …   English contemporary dictionary

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• heron — /her euhn/, n. any of numerous long legged, long necked, usually long billed birds of the family Ardeidae, including the true herons, egrets, night herons, and bitterns. [1275 1325; ME heiro(u)n, hero(u)n < MF hairon (F héron) < Gmc; cf. OHG… …   Universalium