| heron | | |
| n. (person) | 1. hero, hero of alexandria, heron | Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century). |
| ~ artificer, discoverer, inventor | someone who is the first to think of or make something. |
| ~ mathematician | a person skilled in mathematics. |
| n. (animal) | 2. heron | grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill. |
| ~ wader, wading bird | any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food. |
| ~ ardeidae, family ardeidae | herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns. |
| ~ 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. |
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