yellow-crowned night heron

yellow-crowned night heron
noun
North American night heron
Hypernyms: ↑night heron, ↑night raven
Member Holonyms: ↑Nyctanassa, ↑genus Nyctanassa

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: a night heron (Nyctanassa violacea) that has a buffy white crown and is found in the southern United States and in So. America

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/yel"oh krownd'/.
See under night heron.
[1805-15, Amer.]

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