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 Definitions of Heron  [ˈhɛr ən]  

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Definition of 'Heron' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) heron
any of various long-legged, long-necked wading birds of the family Ardeidae, usu. having a spearlike bill.

Etymology:  (1275–1325; ME hero(u)n < MF hairon < Gmc; cf. OHG heigir)

Definition of 'Heron' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) Hero, Heron, 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)

2. (noun) heron
grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill
Definition of 'Heron' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) heron
a water bird with long legs and a long neck
Definition of 'Heron' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Heron
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
Translation of 'Heron' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a type of large water-bird, with long legs and a long neck.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: reier Arabic flag Arabic: طائِر مالِك الحَزين Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: чапла
Brazilian flag Brazilian: garça Czech flag Czech: volavka German flag German: der Reiher
Danish flag Danish: fiskehejre Greek flag Greek: ερωδιός Spanish flag Spanish: garza
Estonian flag Estonian: haigur Farsi flag Farsi: حواصيل Finnish flag Finnish: harmaahaikara
French flag French: héron Hebrew flag Hebrew: אֲנָפָה Hindi flag Hindi: बगुला
Croatian flag Croatian: caplja Hungarian flag Hungarian: gém Indonesian flag Indonesian: bangau
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hegri Italian flag Italian: airone Japanese flag Japanese: あおさぎ
Korean flag Korean: 백로과의 총칭 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: garnys Latvian flag Latvian: gārnis
Malay flag Malay: burung pucung Dutch flag Dutch: reiger Norwegian flag Norwegian: hegre
Polish flag Polish: czapla Persian flag Persian: حواصيل Pashto flag Pashto: کب ( ماهى ) خوړونكى ( مرغ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: garça Romanian flag Romanian: bâtlan Russian flag Russian: цапля
Slovak flag Slovak: volavka Slovenian flag Slovenian: čaplja Serbian flag Serbian: čaplja
Swedish flag Swedish: häger Thai flag Thai: นกกระสา Turkish flag Turkish: balıkçıl
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 蒼鷺 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: чапля Urdu flag Urdu: بگلوں کی نسل
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: con diệc Chinese flag Chinese: 苍鹭

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