Definition of European bittern

1. Noun. A kind of bittern.

Exact synonyms: Botaurus Stellaris
Generic synonyms: Bittern
Group relationships: Botaurus, Genus Botaurus

Lexicographical Neighbors of European Bittern

European Shorthairs
European Stability Mechanism
European Union
European ash
European badger
European badgers
European barberry
European bean
European beaver
European beavers
European beech
European beggar-ticks
European bird cherry
European bison
European bisons
European bittern (current term)
European black alder
European black currant
European black grouse
European blackbird
European blueberry
European bog asphodel
European box
European bream
European brooklime
European brown bat
European bullhead
European bullheads
European catfish
European chestnut

Literary usage of European bittern

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Ornithology: Or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States by Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, Robert Jameson, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington (1831)
"According to Bewick, the tail of the European bittern contains only ten feathers; the Ann - These birds, when disturbed, rise with a hollow hen, ..."

2. Graham's Magazine by Graham, George R, Edgar Allan Poe, John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1852)
"It utters at times, a hollow, guttural note among the reeds, but has nothing ofthat loud, booming sound for which the European bittern is so remarkable. ..."

3. Winston's Cumulative ... Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Bookby Charles Morris by Charles Morris (1917)
"... has some resemblance to the common European bittern, but ia «mailer. the common salt has been taken out of it, It is used in the preparation of Epsom ..."

4. American Ornithology; Or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States. by Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, William Jardine (1832)
"It utters, at times, a hollow guttural note among the reeds, but has nothing of that loud booming sound for which the European bittern is so remarkable. ..."

5. The Standard Dictionary of Facts: History, Language, Literature, Biography edited by Henry Woldmar Ruoff (1909)
"... has some resemblance to the common European bittern, but is smaller Bison. The name applied to two species of ox. One of these, the European bison or ..."

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