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night raven

noun

1. nocturnal or crepuscular herons

• Syn: ↑night heron

• Hypernyms: ↑heron

• Hyponyms: ↑black-crowned night heron, ↑Nycticorax nycticorax, ↑yellow-crowned night heron, ↑Nyctanassa violacea

2. any bird that cries at night

• Hypernyms: ↑night bird

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noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English niht-hræfn, from niht night + hræfn raven

: a bird that cries at night; especially : night heron

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a bird that cries in the night.

[bef. 900; ME; OE nihthraefn, naehthraefn.]

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night raven,

a bird that calls in the night, such as a night heron or nightjar.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.