Synset

herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns
<noun.animal>

family Ardeidae

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hypernym

member holonym

Ciconiiformes, order Ciconiiformes

member meronym

heron Ardea, genus Ardea Egretta, genus Egretta Casmerodius, genus Casmerodius Bubulcus, genus Bubulcus Nycticorax, genus Nycticorax Nyctanassa, genus Nyctanassa Cochlearius, genus Cochlearius Botaurus, genus Botaurus Ixobrychus, genus Ixobrychus