herons

[He·ron]

Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)

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Any wading bird of the genus Ardea and allied genera, of the family Ardeid'91. 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.

Noun
gray or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill

Noun
Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)

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Any wading bird of the genus Ardea and allied genera, of the family Ardeidae. 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.

Heron

Her"on , n. [OE. heiroun, heroun, heron, hern, OF. hairon, F. h'82ron, OHG. heigir; cf. Icel. hegri, Dan. heire, Sw. h'84ger, and also G. h'84her jay, jackdaw, OHG. hehara, higere, woodpecker, magpie, D. reiger heron, G. reiher, AS. hr&amac;gra. Cf. Aigret, Egret.] (Zo'94l.) Any wading bird of the genus Ardea and allied genera, of the family Ardeid'91. 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. &hand; There are several common American species; as, the great blue heron (Ardea herodias); the little blue (A. c'd2rulea); the green (A. virescens); the snowy (A. candidissima); the night heron or qua-bird (Nycticorax nycticorax). The plumed herons are called egrets. 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.

Any wading bird of the genus Ardea and allied genera, of the family Ardeid'91. 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.

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