Dict: smith - BITTERN

smith:

BITTERN - B>@ - The word occurs in kjv@Isaiah:14:23 kjv@Isaiah:34:11; kjv@Zephaniah:2:14) and we are inclined to believe that the Authorized Version is correct. The bittern (Botaurus stellaris) belongs to the Ardeidae , the heron family of birds, and is famous for the peculiar nocturnal booming sound which it emits.