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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of several nocturnal or crepuscular herons of the genera Nycticorax, Nyctanassa, or Gorsachius, especially Nycticorax nycticorax, found almost worldwide.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A heron of crepuscular or somewhat nocturnal habits.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun nocturnal or crepuscular herons

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  • nicknamed the shitepoke, due to its habit of emptying its bowels when alarmed.

    October 16, 2007