May 26, 2022
WORD OF THE DAY Thursday, May 26, 2022 OED Word of the Day: qua-bird, n. A night heron; esp. the black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax.
SENTENCE EXAMPLE "Thompson's Point, the former residence of the night-heron or qua-bird." - 1890, E. Gosse Life P. H. Gosse 115
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