noun
bitterns
• Syn: ↑Botaurus
• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ardeidae, ↑family Ardeidae
• Member Meronyms: ↑American bittern, ↑stake driver, ↑Botaurus lentiginosus, ↑European bittern, ↑Botaurus stellaris
Useful english dictionary. 2012.