Bittern
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bittern-166-17465352
title:
Bittern
text:
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 and various iterations of raredumla 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, i
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Subfamily of birds
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bittern
date created:
2003-05-02T07:25:30Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T03:37:14Z
main entity:
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image:
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fields total:
13
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16