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Meanings of night raven in English

Spanish
martinete

Nocturnal or crepuscular herons.

martinete
Synonyms
Examples for "night heron"
Examples for "night heron"
1
We phoned the Zoo, and were told that it was a night heron.
The new yorker
2
Yellow crowned night heron Piracy has been going on for centuries.
Wired
3
Outside it was dead still until I heard the distinct, guttural "kwock" of a night heron.
Shadow men
4
An aged and sickly wood ibis was killed by a whooping crane; and a night heron killed its mate.
The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals: A Book of Personal Observ...
5
At this moment a night heron lit on a branch near Dick, who raised his gun and shot it.
Dick in the Everglades
Usage of night raven in English
1
I had as live have heard the night raven, come what plague could have come after it.
Much Ado about Nothing
2
I am become like to a pelican of the wilderness: I am like a night raven in the house.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2
3
Swan Day, or, as he might better have been called, Night Raven, kept the country-store in Walton.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 64, February, 1863 / A Maga...
4
"Nothing," said the Jewess, "all about him is as black as the wing of the night raven.
McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader
Translations for night raven
Spanish
martinete