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Several bird species in the Botaurinae subfamily of the heron family Ardeidae.
- It is a great rock or cliff on the loneliest part of the mountains, and […] is known by the name of the Garden Rock. Near the foot of it is a small lake, the haunt of the solitary bittern, with water-snakes basking in the sun on the leaves
bittern
'bitәn4 senses · 135 ms
Level C2
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The liquor remaining after halite (common salt) has been harvested from saline water (brine).countableuncountable
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The saline substance added to soy milk to coagulate it as a primary step in the production of tofu.countableuncountable
- Now we add the bittern.
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A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus indicus, etc., used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer.archaiccountableuncountable