Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
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heron::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hero, hero of alexandria |
heron::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | wading bird, wader |
| Has types | cochlearius cochlearius, egret, ardea herodius, great blue heron, great white heron, little blue heron, night heron, night raven, egretta caerulea, ardea occidentalis, bittern, boat-billed heron, boatbill, broadbill |
Examples of heron
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A heron hunts for fish at the base of a waterfall at Great Falls Park in McLean.
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A blue heron watches for fish on the path around one of the lakes in Suson Park.
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Heron pointed out that the $50 won't cover the town's expense for the utilities.
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Eamon had given him a large Steuben glass heron sculpture as a Christmas present.
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It was a good choice, because I got to see a blue heron in flight along the path.
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In the 1950s, heron was hunted away because they damaged the trees in the Palace.
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At the cliff's edge you can watch heron stalk their prey in freshly aerated pools.
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From the many hues of spring leaves, a great blue heron flies up the Santee River.
From the thestate.com
Then a great blue heron might flap its wide wings and snag the crab for lunch.
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- Hero: Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
- Grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill
- The herons are wading birds in the Ardeidae family. There are 64 recognised species in this family. Some are called egrets or bitterns instead of herons. ...
- Hu00E9ron is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Liu00E8ge and the Huy-Ware district.
- Heron is a small lunar impact crater that lies on the far side of the Moon, less than 20 kilometers from the equator. It lies between the slightly larger crater Ctesibius just to the west and Soddy a little farther to the east. Almost directly to the north is the prominent crater King.
- The Heron Dinghy is a dinghy designed by Jack Holt of the United Kingdom as the Yachting World Cartopper (YW Cartopper). ...
- The heron is found in early coats of arms, being one of the few birds entitled to this distinction. The family of Heron of Chipchase and Ford, according to the roll of Henry III, bore "Gules, three herons argent."
- Mentioned Lev., xi, 19, in the list of unclean birds, but probably in the wrong place in the D.V.; heron, indeed, should be substituted for charadrion, whereas in the same verse it stands for stork, as the A.V. correctly states it.
- (Lev 11:19; Deu 14:18), ranked among the unclean birds. The Hebrew name is 'anaphah , and indicates that the bird so named is remarkable for its angry disposition. ...
