单词 | bittern |
释义 | bittern n.   1. any of a group of wading birds of the heron family, esp. of the genus Botaurus with a distinctive booming call.   2. Chem. the liquid remaining after the crystallization of common salt from sea water. Etymology: ME f. OF butor ult. f. L butio bittern + taurus bull; - n perh. f. assoc. with HERON |
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