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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several nocturnal or crepuscular herons of the genera Nycticorax, Nyctanassa, or Gorsachius, especially Nycticorax nycticorax, found almost worldwide.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A heron of crepuscular or somewhat nocturnal habits.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun nocturnal or crepuscular herons
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sionnach commented on the word night heron
nicknamed the shitepoke, due to its habit of emptying its bowels when alarmed.
October 16, 2007