family ardeidae
English Thesaurus
1. herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | bird family, |
| definition | : | a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | heron, |
| definition | : | grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | ardea, genus ardea, |
| definition | : | type genus of the Ardeidae: large New and Old World herons (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | ciconiiformes, order ciconiiformes, |
| definition | : | order of chiefly tropical marsh-dwelling fish-eating wading birds with long legs and bills and (except for flamingos) unwebbed feet: herons; storks; spoonbills; flamingos; ibises (noun.animal) |
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