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Grey heron

/ɡɹeɪ ˈhɛɹ.ən/

The Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family

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    The Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family

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purple heronnounA wading bird, Ardea purpurea, having reddish-brown plumage and found throughout southern Europe and Asia.
great blue heronnounA large wading bird of the species Ardea herodias.
heronnounAny long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae.
pond heronnounA heron of the genus Ardeola.
egretnounAny of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season.
great white heronnounSynonym of great egret.
cranenounA mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.
green heronnounA small species of heron, Butorides virescens, of North America (sometimes considered a subspecies of the striated heron, Butorides striata).
night heronnounAny of the nocturnal species of herons of the genera Nycticorax, Nyctanassa, and Gorsachius.
franknoun(uncountable) Free postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article).
striated heronnounA small species of heron, Butorides striata, of cosmopolitan distribution (sometimes including the green heron, Butorides virescens, of North America).
ardeidnoun(zoology) Any member of the family Ardeidae, the herons, egrets and bitterns.
reddish egretnounEgretta rufescens, a medium-sized heron.
little egretnounA species of egret, Egretta garzetta, family Ardeidae, widely distributed throughout the Old World, the Caribbean, and Eastern North America.
great egretnounA large, white egret, Ardea alba, found around the world.
aigrettenounA feather or plume, or feather-shaped item, used as an adornment or ornament, typically in hats or hair.
common egretnounSynonym of great egret (Ardea alba)
mangrove heronnounSynonym of striated heron.
sedgenounAny plant of the family Cyperaceae.
tiger heronnounAny heron of the genus Tigrisoma, native to the Americas.

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