american bittern

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   a kind of bittern

   Synonymsstake driverBotaurus lentiginosus

   Broaderbittern

   Part ofBotaurus

Questions about american bittern

What does american bittern mean?

american bittern means "a kind of bittern".

What is another word for american bittern?

Close synonyms include stake driver, Botaurus lentiginosus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is american bittern a common word?

american bittern is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.