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Definition: Heron
Heron
n 1: Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to
determine the area of a triangle and who described
various mechanical devices (first century) [syn:
Hero,
Hero of Alexandria]
2: gray or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and
(usually) long bill
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Heron
Heron
\Her"on\, n. [OE. heiroun, heroun, heron, hern, OF.
hairon, F. h['e]ron, OHG. heigir; cf. Icel. hegri, Dan.
heire, Sw. h["a]ger, and also G. h["a]her jay, jackdaw, OHG.
hehara, higere, woodpecker, magpie, D. reiger heron, G.
reiher, AS. hr[=a]gra. Cf.
Aigret,
Egret.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any wading bird of the genus
Ardea and allied genera, of
the family
Ardeid[ae]. 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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: There are several common American species; as, the
great blue heron (
Ardea herodias); the little blue
(
Ardea c[oe]rulea); the green (
Ardea virescens);
the snowy (
Ardea candidissima); the night heron or
qua-bird (
Nycticorax nycticorax). The plumed herons
are called
egrets.
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Heron's bill (Bot.), a plant of the genus
Erodium; -- so
called from the fancied resemblance of the fruit to the
head and beak of the heron.
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