bittern
English
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French butor, from Gallo-Roman *butitaurus, a blend of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin būtiō (“bittern”) and taurus (“bull, ox”).
Noun
bittern (plural bitterns)
- Several bird species in the Botaurinae subfamily of the heron family Ardeidae.
- 1819, Washington Irving, The Sketch Book, Rip Van Winkle:
- It is a great rock or cliff on the loneliest part of the mountains, and, … is known by the name of the Garden Rock. Near the foot of it is a small lake, the haunt of the solitary bittern, with water-snakes basking in the sun on the leaves of the pond-lilies which lie on the surface.
Derived terms
terms derived from bittern (bird)
- forest bittern, Zonerodius heliosylus
- Eurasian bittern, Botaurus stellaris
- Australasian bittern, Botaurus poiciloptilus
- American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus
- pinnated bittern, Botaurus pinnatus
- stripe-backed bittern, Ixobrychus involucris
- least bittern(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- little bittern, Ixobrychus minutus
- New Zealand bittern, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.
- yellow bittern, Ixobrychus sinensis
- Von Schrenck's bittern, Ixobrychus eurhythmus
- cinnamon bittern, Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
- dwarf bittern, Ixobrychus sturmii
- black bittern, Dupetor flavicollis
Translations
bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
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See also
Etymology 2
From bitter with an unclear suffix, perhaps a dialect form of -ing.
Noun
bittern (uncountable)
- The liquor remaining after halite (common salt) has been harvested from saline water (brine).
- The saline substance added to soy milk to coagulate it as a primary step in the production of tofu.
- 2019, “The Secrets of Tofu across Japan”, in Seasoning the Seasons[1], NHK World-Japan:
- Now we add the bittern.
- (archaic) A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus indicus, etc., used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Cooley to this entry?)
Translations
salt substance used in tofu
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