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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: heron n : gray or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Heron, MT Zip code(s): 59844 From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Heron (Lev. 11:19; Deut. 14:18), ranked among the unclean birds. The Hebrew name is _'anaphah_, and indicates that the bird so named is remarkable for its angry disposition. "The herons are wading-birds, peculiarly irritable, remarkable for their voracity, frequenting marshes and oozy rivers, and spread over the regions of the East." The Ardea russeta, or little golden egret, is the commonest species in Asia.
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