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n. Any of various wading birds of the family Ardeidae, having a long neck, long legs, a long pointed bill, and usually white, gray, or bluish-gray plumage.

n. A long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae.

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

n. A long-legged, long-necked, long-billed, slender-bodied wading bird; any bird of the family Ardeidœ, but especially of the subfamily Ardeinœ.

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

n. grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill

"To McEneaney, the heron was a sign — a communication from Eamon — like those dozens of relatives of Trade Center victims say they've received from loved ones."

artificer    discoverer    inventor    mathematician   

purple heron   

Aaron    Aran    Aron    Charon    Karen    Mehran    Sharon    baron    barren    marron   

swan    pelican    crane    peacock    plover    stork    flamingo    ibis    curlew    egrets