English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search

English
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Etymology
OF. term|butor, from w:Gallo-Romance languages|Gallo-Roman term|butitaurus, a blend of w:Latin|Latin term|butio|būti�|bittern and term|taurus||bull, ox.

Noun
en-noun

1. A bird of the family Ardeidae that lives in marshy areas, feeds on amphibians, reptiles, insects and fish and flies with its neck retracted rather than outstretched.

See also
Appendix: Animals
Appendix: Collective nouns

Translations
trans-top|bird of the family Ardeidae
Belarussian: б�гай (п���ка)
Czech: t-|cs|buka�
Dutch: t+|nl|roerdomp|m
Esperanto: t-|eo|botaÅ­ro|xs=Esperanto
French: t+|fr|butor
German: t+|de|Rohrdommel|f
Ido: butoro
Irish: t|ga|bonnán|m|xs=Irish
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Hungarian: t-|hu|bölömbika
Japanese: ������ (sankanogoi, bird); ���
Korean: �����기 (allag-haeOragi, allak-)
Low Saxon: Rohrdump, Rohrdumm f
Polish: b�k
Russian: t+|ru|в�п�|f|trvyp'|scCyrl
Spanish: t-|es|avetoro|m
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Category:Birds

fr:bittern
io:bittern
te:bittern
vi:bittern
zh:bittern

• 2007-12-24 21:35 - Tbot - added t for fr, de, ru

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