least bittern

least bittern
noun
small American bittern
Syn: ↑Ixobrychus exilis
Hypernyms: ↑bittern
Member Holonyms: ↑Ixobrychus, ↑genus Ixobrychus

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noun
: a small American bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) that is largely black above with chestnut or yellowish brown sides fading to white below

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least bittern,
a small wading bird of temperate America with brownish-yellow body and black back and crown. It is the smallest of the herons.

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