noun
a kind of bittern
• Syn: ↑stake driver, ↑Botaurus lentiginosus
• Hypernyms: ↑bittern
• Member Holonyms: ↑Botaurus, ↑genus Botaurus
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nounUsage: usually capitalized A
: a large No. American marsh bird (Botaurus lentiginosus) that is related to the herons and has a brown body, dark gray outer wings, and a black stripe down each side of the neck — called also stake driver, thunder pumper
Useful english dictionary. 2012.