| NOUN | animal | Ardeidae, family Ardeidae | herons |
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| Meaning | herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns. | |
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| Synonym | family Ardeidae | |
| 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 |
| Members | Ardea, genus Ardea | type genus of the Ardeidae |
| 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 |
| Spanish | Ardeidae, ardeidos, familia Ardeidae | |
| Catalan | Ardeidae, ardèids | |
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