Term: bittern: relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes
Broader: wading bird: any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food | Unrelated: decision: (boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred
Broader: wading bird: any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food | Unrelated: sluggard: an idle slothful person
Broader: wading bird: any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food | Unrelated: muffin: a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan
Broader: wading bird: any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food | Unrelated: converging lens: lens such that a beam of light passing through it is brought to a point or focus
Broader: wading bird: any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food | Unrelated: rotarian: a member of a Rotary Club
Broader: wading bird: any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food | Unrelated: academy: an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature
Broader: wading bird: any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food | Unrelated: inland bill: a bill of exchange that is both drawn and made payable in the same country
Broader: wading bird: any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food | Unrelated: mendacity: the tendency to be untruthful
Broader: wading bird: any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food | Unrelated: why: the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'
Broader: wading bird: any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food | Unrelated: casuistry: argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading