Crossword-Solution: BITTERNS
We have 6 clues for the answer “BITTERNS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Marsh herons | 1 answer |
| Marshland waders | 1 answer |
| Small herons | 1 answer |
| Herons | 2 answers |
| Marsh birds | 11 answers |
| Wading birds | 16 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
AARE
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with BITTERNS (5)
The act of producing a hollow or roaring sound; a violent rushing with heavy roar; as, the booming of the sea; a deep, h?llow sound; as, the booming of bitterns.
And such birds! In the garden, and in the lanes when he went for a walk, Nicholas came across a few birds, of which the largest were an occasional magpie or wood-pigeon; here were herons and bustards, kites, toucans, tiger-bitterns, brush turkeys, ibises, golden pheasants, a whole portrait gallery of undreamed-of creatures.
What, though 'tis said I have a voice; I know 'tis but that hollow noise Which (as it through my pipe doth speed) Bitterns do carol through a reed; In the same key with monkeys jiggs, Or dirges of proscribed piggs, Or the soft Serenades above In calme of night, when cats make love.
Bitterns stood by the stagnant pools and jackals skulked through the low bushes; but there was no sign of the caravan of the Wise Men, far or near.
She listened to the cooing of the doves, the booming of the bitterns in the reeds, and the drumming of the snipe high in air.
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, NYT.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (1974–2003).