night raven

1. 1.

   nocturnal or crepuscular herons

   Synonymsnight heron

   Broaderheron

   Narrowerblack-crowned night heronyellow-crowned night heron
2. 2.

   any bird that cries at night

   Broadernight bird

Questions about night raven

What does night raven mean?

night raven means "nocturnal or crepuscular herons". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for night raven?

Close synonyms include night heron. 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 night raven a common word?

night raven is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.