little bittern
English
noun
Definitions
- A bittern of the genus Ixobrychus.
Etymology
Compound from English little + English bittern (a bird in the heron family Ardeidae).
Origin
English
bittern
Gloss
a bird in the heron family Ardeidae
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Little Saigon English
- Little Tokyo English
- Littlemill English
- belittle English
- bittern English
- little English
- little name English
- littleneck English
- littleness English
- littlie English
- littlish English
- littlun English
- littly English
- litty English
- lout English
- sunbittern English
- litel Middle English
- likkle Jamaican Creole