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Definitions of heron in various dictionaries:
noun - Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
noun - grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill
Any of various wading birds of the family Ardeidae, having a long neck, long legs, a long pointed bill, and usually white, gray, or bluish-gray plumage.
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| Shore bird |
| 'Great blue' bird |
| Bird with an S-shaped neck |
| Long-necked bird |
| Great white ___ |
| Marsh wader |
| Long-legged fisher |
| Wading bird |
| Leggy beach wader |
| Bittern, e.g. |
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| "Great" blue bird seen here |
| Looking similar to a crane, this great blue bird flies with its long neck in an S shape |
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| Any of various wading birds of the family Ardeidae, having a long neck, long legs, a long pointed bill, and usually white, gray, or bluish-gray plumage. |
| a large fish-eating wading bird with long legs, a long S-shaped neck, and a long pointed bill. |
| A large fish-eating wading bird with long legs, a long S-shaped neck, and a long pointed bill. |
| gray or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill |
| Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century) |
| a large bird with long legs, a long neck and grey or white feathers that lives near water |
| a large bird with long legs and a long neck that lives near water |
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The herons are the long-legged freshwater and coastal birds in the family Ardeidae, with 64 recognised species, some of which are referred to as egrets or bitterns rather than herons. Members of the genera Botaurus and Ixobrychus are referred to as bitterns, and, together with the zigzag heron or zigzag bittern in the monotypic genus Zebrilus, form a monophyletic group within the Ardeidae. Egrets are not a biologically distinct group from the herons, and tend to be named differently because they are mainly white or have decorative plumes. Although egrets have the same build as herons, they tend to be smaller. Herons, by evolutionary adaptation, have long beaks. * The classification of the individual heron/egret species is fraught with difficulty, and no clear consensus exists about the correct placement of many species into either of the two major genera, Ardea and Egretta. Similarly, the relationships of the genera in the family are not completely resolved. However, one species formerly |