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HERON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("heron" is a kind of...):
wader; wading bird (any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heron"):
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)
Holonyms ("heron" is a member of...):
Ardeidae; family Ardeidae (herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
Synonyms:
Hero; Hero of Alexandria; Heron
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
mathematician (a person skilled in mathematics)
