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    NIGHT RAVEN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any bird that cries at nightplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("night raven" is a kind of...):

    night bird (any bird associated with night: owl; nightingale; nighthawk; etc)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Nocturnal or crepuscular heronsplay

    Synonyms:

    night heron; night raven

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("night raven" is a kind of...):

    heron (grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "night raven"):

    black-crowned night heron; Nycticorax nycticorax (night heron of both Old and New Worlds)

    Nyctanassa violacea; yellow-crowned night heron (North American night heron)

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