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Qué (quién) es Bittern - definición

SUBFAMILY OF BIRDS

Bitterns; Botaurinae

bittern

n.

Butter-bump, miredrum (Botaurus).

Bittern

·noun A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species.

II. Bittern ·adj A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus Indicus, ·etc., used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer.

III. Bittern ·adj The brine which remains in salt works after the salt is concreted, having a bitter taste from the chloride of magnesium which it contains.

bittern

bittern¹ ['b?t?n]

¦ noun a marshbird of the heron family with brown streaked plumage, noted for the male's deep booming call. [Botaurus stellaris (Eurasia), B. lentiginosus (N. America), and other species.]

Origin

ME bitore, from OFr. butor, based on L. butio 'bittern' + taurus 'bull' (because of its call).

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bittern² ['b?t(?)n] (also bitterns)

¦ noun a concentrated solution of various salts remaining after the crystallization of salt from seawater.

Origin

C17: prob. from bitter.

Wikipedia

Bittern

Bitterns are birds belonging to the subfamily Botaurinae of the heron family Ardeidae. Bitterns tend to be shorter-necked and more secretive than other members of the family. They were called hæferblæte in Old English; the word "bittern" came to English from Old French butor, itself from Gallo-Roman butitaurus, a compound of Latin būtiō (buzzard) and taurus (bull).

Bitterns usually frequent reed beds and similar marshy areas and feed on amphibians, reptiles, insects, and fish.

Bitterns, like herons, egrets, and pelicans, fly with their necks retracted, unlike the similar storks, ibises, and spoonbills, which fly with necks outstretched.

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Ejemplos de uso de Bittern

1. "Until the 1'80s the oldest recorded bittern in the world was ten years and eight months.

2. The plight of many of the animals – such as the red squirrel, bittern or grass snake – is well known.

3. It became decimated in the same way as other fenland species such as the bittern and large copper butterfly.

4. A (now endangered) bittern fetched '50 (compared with an estimated price of 260–300), while an avocet, expected to sell for 60–'0, went for 620.

5. Dr Mark Avery, of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said the Biodiversity Action Plan system had helped increase numbers of key species such as the bittern, cirl bunting and woodlark.