>anglicisation

You must crush at Scrabble. Thanks for the nugget.

Between what you said and what lorindel_wallis said, I think we've figured it out. To wit:

Definition of shitepoke

: any of various herons: such as. a : green heron. b : night heron.

Etymology

shite + poke; from its traditional habit of defecating when flushed

Thanks to you both!