English > heron: 2 senses > noun 2, animal| Meaning | Grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill. |
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| Member of | Ardeidae, family Ardeidae | herons |
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| Narrower | bittern | relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry |
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| boatbill, boat-billed heron, broadbill, Cochlearius cochlearius | Tropical American heron related to night herons |
| egret | Any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season |
| great blue heron, Ardea herodius | large American heron having bluish-grey plumage |
| great white heron, Ardea occidentalis | large white heron of Florida and the Florida Keys |
| little blue heron, Egretta caerulea | small bluish-grey heron of the western hemisphere |
| night heron, night raven | nocturnal or crepuscular herons |
| Broader | wading bird, wader | Any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food |
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| Spanish | airón, ardeidae, garza, martinete |
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| Catalan | agró, roig |
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