heron
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- noun
- /ˈhɛrən/
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- On the way, we came across a heron in a frozen ditch.
- a blue heron
- a night heron
- a grey heron
Three of them stalk, thin and angular, great eyed like strange dark herons or cranes.
- Three of them stalk, thin and angular, great eyed like strange dark herons or cranes.
- And she would stop and point and say, that's where a heron's nest used to be.
- We stood, I wondered, herons and egrets lifting up from the marsh, nearby reeds and the like, right at the water's edge.
- Parents pull their children home The night herons settled into trees.
- A video has gained attention online of a great blue Heron in Central Park eating a rat hole.
Examples
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The heron and the otter are my friends
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There had been jubilation among those in green when the herons built their nest.
Fiction book (1994) -
The heron was about to eat them.
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- Oh, look at the blue heron.
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That is a great blue heron.
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Then suddenly, I spotted the Great Blue herons; there were two of them.
Fiction book (1998) -
There are so many herons in Frederiksberg Park.
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A Eurasian grey heron.
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Egrets, darter cormorants, grey herons, and storks hatch nearly 30,000 chicks every year.
Academic text (2005) -
While walking along the river, I spotted a majestic heron standing still, waiting for a fish to swim by.
Synonyms
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A bird with long legs that stands in shallow water to catch fish and insects
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A long-legged bird like a heron that walks in shallow water to eat small animals
Compounds
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A large bird with blue-grey feathers, long legs and a long neck that lives near water
A large white bird with long legs that lives in wet places in southern Florida and the Caribbean
A large white bird with long legs that lives near water in Europe, Asia, and Africa
- Specialized
A night-active wading bird with a yellow crown found in North America
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Heron comes from an old French word heron that people used long ago for the same long-necked, long-legged water bird. So the name has been used for centuries for the tall bird you see standing or wading at the river or lake, which helps you remember its meaning.