Definitions for: Heron

[n] gray or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill
[n] Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Note: There are several common American species; as, the
great blue heron (Ardea herodias); the little blue
(A. c[oe]rulea); the green (A. virescens); the
snowy (A. candidissima); the night heron or qua-bird
(Nycticorax nycticorax). The plumed herons are called
egrets.

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.

Synonyms: Hero, Hero of Alexandria

See Also: Ardea herodius, Ardea occidentalis, Ardeidae, artificer, bittern, boatbill, boat-billed heron, broadbill, Cochlearius cochlearius, discoverer, egret, Egretta caerulea, family Ardeidae, great blue heron, great white heron, inventor, little blue heron, mathematician, night heron, night raven, wader, wading bird

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