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* Kuwir
Bittern
Part of speech:
(N)
Sources:
Stone [coweer]
Notes:
(Image - Kuwir or Bittern or Australasian Bittern by Wayne Butterworth - CC - https://www.flickr.com/photos/frankzed/14726836493/ )
Usage:
Pronunciation Guide:
Say: kuu-wooir
Pronunciation Notes:
Vowels: Standard - 'u' as in 'put'. Variation - when ‘i’ follows a ‘w’  and is followed by a ‘r’, ‘rn’ or ‘rt’ but not ‘rr’, the ‘i’ is rounded off like ‘tu’ in French. (top of the tongue touches the back of the palate).
Categories:
waterbird, Animals, Birds

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