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词汇 bittern
释义 bittern
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈbɪt.ən/ us /ˈbɪt̬.ɚn/
a type of European water bird that has long legs and is related to the heron麻鸦
 
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ibis
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waterfowl

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Only 20 male bitterns exist on our island at present, and the fen reserve will support up to five breeding pairs.
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Plans to secure the long term future of the bittern by providing suitable reedbed habitat are also showing progress.
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Reports in 2002 on progress with the plan show that targets to increase the range and numbers of the bittern are being achieved.
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That habitat was created with the bittern especially in mind.
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The ditches are filled with silt and the bitterns will probably starve this year.
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It is home to globally important populations of nesting terns and the bittern, which is increasingly scarce.
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The bittern and the great crested grebe have been great rarities in my lifetime, but now are not at all uncommon in parts of the country.
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There is a wealth of flora, and the bird life comprises some of the richest and rarest specimens of wild fowl, including bittern, heron, and many others.
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The eagle and the wild cat, the bittern and some of the greater lepidoptera, are no longer on the verge of extinction, but very much is still threatened.
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This season, three bitterns have wintered there.
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Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more wary.
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Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more secretive.
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Bitterns tend to be shorter-necked and more secretive.
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Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more secrative.
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Other animals include great bittern, reed warbler, redshank, greenshank, black stork, crane, teal, garganey and little stint.
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