nycticorax

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

nyctĭcŏrax, ăcis, m., = νυκτικόραξ,

the night-raven , Hier. Ep. 106, n. 86; Isid. Orig. 12, 7, 41; Paul. Nol. Ep. 40, 6.