| 单词 | heron |
| 释义 | heron (once / 6637 pages) n WORD FAMILY heron: herons USAGE EXAMPLESTogether, these three federal zones are home to gopher tortoises, great blue herons, and a large fraction of America’s aeronautical infrastructure. The New Yorker(Sep 23, 2016) At one point, I heard her utter an extended “woooooow” when I pointed out a heron in the distance. Wall Street Journal(Nov 17, 2016) You may see wading birds like herons here. Los Angeles Times(Nov 11, 2016) n grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill Hypo|Hyper Ardea herodius, great blue heron large American heron having bluish-grey plumage Ardea occidentalis, great white heronlarge white heron of Florida and the Florida Keys egretany of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season Egretta caerulea, little blue heronsmall bluish-grey heron of the western hemisphere night heron, night ravennocturnal or crepuscular herons Cochlearius cochlearius, boat-billed heron, boatbill, broadbilltropical American heron related to night herons bitternrelatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes Egretta thula, snowy egret, snowy heronsmall New World egret Egretta garzetta, little egretOld World egret Casmerodius albus, great white heronwidely distributed Old World white egret American egret, Egretta albus, great white herona common egret of the genus Egretta found in America; it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus Bubulcus ibis, cattle egretsmall white egret widely distributed in warm regions often found around grazing animals Nycticorax nycticorax, black-crowned night heronnight heron of both Old and New Worlds Nyctanassa violacea, yellow-crowned night heronNorth American night heron American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus, stake drivera kind of bittern Botaurus stellaris, European bitterna kind of bittern Ixobrychus exilis, least bitternsmall American bittern wader, wading bird any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food Heron (once / 6888 pages) n WORD FAMILY Heron: Herons USAGE EXAMPLESMustapha Heron shot 7 of 13 from the field, including 4 of 7 from 3-point range, for 19 points to lead Auburn. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) The latter also included Solange as a consultant, and the impact of her woman-focused, soul music label/website Saint Heron was evident. Slate(Dec 28, 2016) Mustapha Heron added 17 points and seven rebounds for the Tigers. Washington Times(Dec 15, 2016) n Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century) Syn|Exp Hero, Hero of Alexandria artificer, discoverer, inventor someone who is the first to think of or make something mathematiciana person skilled in mathematics |
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