Associations to the word «Nyctanassa»

Wiktionary

NYCTANASSA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Ardeidae.
NYCTANASSA VIOLACEA, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Ardeidae   — the yellow-crowned night heron.

Dictionary definition

NYCTANASSA, noun. American night herons.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats