heron (n)

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type n
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def grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill
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Hypernym wading bird, wader
Member holonym Ardeidae, family Ardeidae
Hyponym great blue heron, Ardea herodius; great white heron, Ardea occidentalis; egret; little blue heron, Egretta caerulea; night heron, night raven; boatbill, boat-billed heron, broadbill, Cochlearius cochlearius; bittern
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Hyponym wading bird, wader
Member meronym Ardeidae, family Ardeidae
Hypernym great blue heron, Ardea herodius; great white heron, Ardea occidentalis; egret; little blue heron, Egretta caerulea; night heron, night raven; boatbill, boat-billed heron, broadbill, Cochlearius cochlearius; bittern

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