| / English Dictionary |
NIGHT RAVEN
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any bird that cries at night
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("night raven" is a kind of...):
night bird (any bird associated with night: owl; nightingale; nighthawk; etc)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Nocturnal or crepuscular herons
Synonyms:
night heron; night raven
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("night raven" is a kind of...):
heron (grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "night raven"):
black-crowned night heron; Nycticorax nycticorax (night heron of both Old and New Worlds)
Nyctanassa violacea; yellow-crowned night heron (North American night heron)
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
