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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun heron has 2 senses

heron(n = noun.person) hero, hero of alexandria - Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century);

is a kind of artificer, discoverer, inventor, mathematician

heron(n = noun.animal) - grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill;

is a kind of

wader

wading bird

is a member of ardeidae, family ardeidae

has particulars: ardea herodius, great blue heron, ardea occidentalis, great white heron, egret, egretta caerulea, little blue heron, night heron, night raven, boat-billed heron, boatbill, broadbill, cochlearius cochlearius, bittern

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CIDE DICTIONARY

heron, n. [OE. heiroun, heroun, heron, hern, OF. hairon, F. héron, OHG. heigir; cf. Icel. hegri, Dan. heire, Sw. häger, and also G. häher jay, jackdaw, OHG. hehara, higere, woodpecker, magpie, D. reiger heron, G. reiher, AS. hr. Cf. Aigret, Egret.].

Any wading bird of the genus Ardea and allied genera, of the family Ardeidæ. The herons have a long, sharp bill, and long legs and toes, with the claw of the middle toe toothed. The common European heron (Ardea cinerea) is remarkable for its directly ascending flight, and was formerly hunted with the larger falcons. [1913 Webster]
" There are several common American species; as, the great blue heron (Ardea herodias); the little blue (Ardea cœrulea); the green (Ardea virescens); the snowy (Ardea candidissima); the night heron or qua-bird (Nycticorax nycticorax). The plumed herons are called egrets." [1913 Webster]

Heron's bill (Bot.), a plant of the genus Erodium; -- so called from the fancied resemblance of the fruit to the head and beak of the heron.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

heron, n. any of various large wading birds of the family Ardeidae, esp. Ardea cinerea, with long legs and a long S-shaped neck.

Derivative

heronry n. (pl. -ies).

Etymology

ME f. OF hairon f. Gmc

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