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heron
/ˈhɛɹən/
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What does heron mean?
noun
- Any long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae.
proper noun
- A surname.
- A census-designated place in Sanders County, Montana, United States.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈhɛɹən/
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For one thing, they would make mighty fine eating for the family of that self-satisfied old blue heron.
While she looked a heron arose on that side of the sky and flew on with his face towards the sun.
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Sir R. Heron during many years kept an account of the habits of the peafowl, which he bred in large numbers.
And some affirm, that any bait anointed with the marrow of the thigh-bone of a heron is a great temptation to any fish.
By this time the heron had cleared the large expanse of water, and was at a great height, perpendicular with the dry land beneath.