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单词 sun bittern
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sun bittern


noun

a graceful South American wading bird, Eurypyga helias, related to the cranes and rails, having variegated plumage.

Origin of sun bittern

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby sun bittern

sun bear, sunbed, Sunbelt, sunberry, sunbird, sun bittern, sun blind, sunblock, sunbonnet, sunbow, sunbreak
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Example sentences from the Web for sun bittern

  • The sun-bittern (Eurypyga) forms a family of itself, allied to the rails and cranes.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4|Various

British Dictionary definitions for sun bittern

sun bittern

noun

a cranelike bird, Eurypyga helias, of tropical American forests, having a greyish plumage with orange and brown wings: family Eurypygidae, order Gruiformes (cranes, rails, etc)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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