noun
small American bittern
• Syn: ↑Ixobrychus exilis
• Hypernyms: ↑bittern
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ixobrychus, ↑genus Ixobrychus
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noun : a small American bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) that is largely black above with chestnut or yellowish brown sides fading to white below
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least bittern,
a small wading bird of temperate America with brownish-yellow body and black back and crown. It is the smallest of the herons.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.