"heron" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is an instance of:
- artificer, discoverer, inventor - someone who is the first to think of or make something
- mathematician - a person skilled in mathematics
same as: hero, hero of alexandria
is a type of: wader, wading bird - any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food
subtypes:
- ardea herodius, great blue heron - large American heron having bluish-grey plumage
- ardea occidentalis, great white heron - large white heron of Florida and the Florida Keys
- egret - any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season
- egretta caerulea, little blue heron - small bluish-grey heron of the western hemisphere
- night heron, night raven - nocturnal or crepuscular herons
- boat-billed heron, boatbill, broadbill, cochlearius cochlearius - tropical American heron related to night herons
- bittern - relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes
belongs to: ardeidae, family ardeidae - herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns