european bittern

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   a kind of bittern

   SynonymsBotaurus stellaris

   Broaderbittern

   Part ofBotaurus

Questions about european bittern

What does european bittern mean?

european bittern means "a kind of bittern".

What is another word for european bittern?

Close synonyms include Botaurus stellaris. 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 european bittern a common word?

european 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.