English > Ardeidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns. |
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Synonym | family Ardeidae |
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Member of | Ciconiiformes, order Ciconiiformes | Order of chiefly tropical marsh-dwelling fish-eating wading birds with long legs and bills and (except for flamingos) unwebbed feet |
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Members | Ardea, genus Ardea | type genus of the Ardeidae |
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Botaurus, genus Botaurus | bitterns |
Bubulcus, genus Bubulcus | small white egrets |
Casmerodius, genus Casmerodius | A white egrets |
Cochlearius, genus Cochlearius | boatbills |
Egretta, genus Egretta | small Old and New World herons |
Ixobrychus, genus Ixobrychus | bitterns |
Nyctanassa, genus Nyctanassa | American night herons |
Nycticorax, genus Nycticorax | Old World night herons |
heron | Grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill |
Broader | bird family | A family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings |
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Spanish | Ardeidae, ardeidos, familia Ardeidae |
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Catalan | Ardeidae, ardèids |
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