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 Bit·tern n.  Zool. A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species.
 Note: ☞ The common European bittern is Botaurus stellaris.  It makes, during the brooding season, a noise called by Dryden bumping, and by Goldsmith booming.  The American bittern is Botaurus lentiginosus, and is also called stake-driver and meadow hen. See Stake-driver.
 Note: The name is applied to other related birds, as the least bittern (Ardetta exilis), and the sun bittern.

 least bittern
      n : small American bittern [syn: Ixobrychus exilis]