butor.
bittern (bird of the family Ardeidae and genus Botaurus, specifically those species not formerly in the genus Ixobrychus, which are called blongios)
Meaning & usage
bittern (bird of the family Ardeidae and genus Botaurus, specifically those species not formerly in the genus Ixobrychus, which are called blongios)
boor, oaf
Where this word comes from
From Middle French butor, from Old French butor, from Vulgar Latin *butitaurus, from Latin būtiō (“bittern”) + taurus (“bull”), because of its deep booming call; compare also Middle Dutch watervar (“bittern”, literally “water bull”).
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