Word

heron, n.
(herons)

grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill
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heron

semantic pointers

hypernym

wading bird, wader

member holonym

Ardeidae, family Ardeidae

hyponym

great blue heron, Ardea herodius great white heron, Ardea occidentalis egret little blue heron, Egretta caerulea night heron, night raven boatbill, boat-billed heron, broadbill, Cochlearius cochlearius bittern