heron

Word family nounheronheronry

Related topics: Birds

ldoce_153_aher·on /ˈherən/ noun [countableC]

HBBa large bird with very long legs and a long beak, that lives near water （苍）鹭 →5 See picture of HERON（苍）鹭 →4 See picture of 见图 heron

Examples from the Corpus

heron• And bird watchers find quiet places to spot a heron or woodpecker.• A heron lifted itself delicately off a sewage pipe and flew away.• Traveling south along the Yellowstone River, you will pass blue heron, ducks, geese and trumpeter swans.• On the walls are framed prints of herons and egrets in cypress swamps and watery glades.• Every sundown, he told us, thousands of Java pond herons converge here for the night.• Small fish soon rise to collect them and as they do, the heron neatly spears and swallows them.• Unfortunately herons like to fish in concert, and a plastic replica can actually serve to attract others.• A big white heron gallops out of the creek on his gawky orange legs and gobbles it up.

Origin heron

(1300-1400) Old French hairon

词汇	heron
释义	heron Word family nounheronheronry Related topics: Birds ldoce_153_aher·on /ˈherən/ noun [countableC] HBBa large bird with very long legs and a long beak, that lives near water （苍）鹭 →5 See picture of HERON（苍）鹭 →4 See picture of 见图 heron Examples from the Corpus heron• And bird watchers find quiet places to spot a heron or woodpecker.• A heron lifted itself delicately off a sewage pipe and flew away.• Traveling south along the Yellowstone River, you will pass blue heron, ducks, geese and trumpeter swans.• On the walls are framed prints of herons and egrets in cypress swamps and watery glades.• Every sundown, he told us, thousands of Java pond herons converge here for the night.• Small fish soon rise to collect them and as they do, the heron neatly spears and swallows them.• Unfortunately herons like to fish in concert, and a plastic replica can actually serve to attract others.• A big white heron gallops out of the creek on his gawky orange legs and gobbles it up. Origin heron (1300-1400) Old French hairon
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