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Definition: Heron |
HeronNoun1. Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century). 2. Gray or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Heron" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a heron". |
Date "Heron" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1374. (references) |
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Bible | Heron (Lev. 11:19; Deut. 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. "The herons are wading-birds, peculiarly irritable, remarkable for their voracity, frequenting marshes and oozy rivers, and spread over the regions of the East." The Ardea russeta, or little golden egret, is the commonest species in Asia. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
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Herons Snowy Egret Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Ciconiiformes Family†: Ardeidae
Genera Ardea
Zebrilus
Philherodias
Tigrisoma
Ardeola
Bubulcus
Egretta
Agamia
Butorides
Tigriornis
Tigrisoma
Gorsachius
Syrigma
Zonerodius
Nycticorax† see also: Bittern This is an article about the family of birds named Herons. For other things named Heron, see Heron (disambiguation)
Herons are medium to large long-legged, long-necked wading birds of the family Ardeidae. This is one of the families in the order Ciconiiformes, which also includes other wading bird families:
Ciconiiformes
Boatbill is sometimes classed as a heron, and sometimes given its own family Cochlearidae.
- Ardeidae herons and bitterns
- Cochlearidae: Boatbill
- Balaenicipitidae Shoebill
- Scopidae Hammerkop
- Ciconiidae: storks
- Threskiornithidae ibises and spoonbills
- Phoenicopteridae flamingos
Although herons resemble other families, such as the storks, ibises and spoonbills, unlike the latter groups, herons fly with their necks retracted, not outstretched.
The two Ardeidae genera Botaurus and Ixobrychus are named as Bitterns. Some herons, especially the white species, are called egrets.
Herons typically feed in shallow water or marshes, taking fish, frogs or small birds and mammals.
The heron species are:
Genus Ardea
Genus Philherodias
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Madagascar Heron Ardea humbloti
- White-bellied Heron Ardea insignis
- Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Great Egret or Great White Egret, Ardea alba
Genus Butorides
- Capped Heron Pilherodius pileatus
Genus Ardeola
- Green Heron or Green-backed Heron Butorides virescens
- Striated Heron Butorides striatus
Genus Bubulcus
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Chinese Pond-Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Javan Pond-Heron Ardeola speciosa
- Madagascar Pond-Heron Ardeola idae
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
Genus Egretta
- Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Genus Agamia
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Pied Heron Egretta picata
- Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes
- Eastern Reef-egret Egretta sacra
Genus Tigrisoma
- Agami Heron Agamia agami
Genus Tigriornis
- Bare-throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Fasciated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum
- Rufescent Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma lineatum
Genus Zonerodius
- White-crested Tiger-Heron Tigriornis leucolophus
Genus Zebrilus
- New Guinea Tiger-Heron Zonerodius heliosylus
Genus Syrigma
- Zigzag Heron Zebrilus undulatus
Genus Nycticorax
- Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix
Genus Gorsachius
- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax violaceus
- Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Rufous Night-Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- White-backed Night-Heron Nycticorax leuconotus
see also Bittern
- White-eared Night-Heron Gorsachius magnificus
- Japanese Night-Heron Gorsachius goisagi
- Malayan Night-Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
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A heron is a birdThere is also a god in Egyptian mythology named Heron
There are a number of places called Heron:
See also: Heron Lake, Minnesota, Heron Lake Township, Minnesota, West Heron Lake Township, Minnesota, Heron of Alexandria
- Heron, Montana
- Heron, Belgium
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Heron (disambiguation)."
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Heron is a town located in Sanders County, Montana. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 149.Geography
Heron is located at 48°3'27" North, 115°57'37" West (48.057437, -115.960373)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 8.8 km² (3.4 mi²). 8.8 km² (3.4 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 149 people, 58 households, and 41 families residing in the town. The population density is 17.0/km² (43.9/mi²). There are 63 housing units at an average density of 7.2/km² (18.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 94.63% White, 0.00% African American, 3.36% Native American, 0.67% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 1.34% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 58 households out of which 32.8% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.2% are married couples living together, 3.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 29.3% are non-families. 29.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 12.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.57 and the average family size is 3.20. In the town the population is spread out with 30.9% under the age of 18, 2.7% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 27.5% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 42 years. For every 100 females there are 98.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 98.1 males. The median income for a household in the town is $28,750, and the median income for a family is $31,875. Males have a median income of $27,500 versus $20,000 for females. The per capita income for the town is $14,725. 18.2% of the population and 15.8% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 4.9% are under the age of 18 and 8.7% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Heron, Montana."
Synonyms: HeronSynonyms: Hero (n), Hero of Alexandria (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Heron |
| English words defined with "Heron": Ardea herodius, Ardea occidentalis ♦ bittern, black-crowned night heron, boatbill, boat-billed heron, broadbill ♦ Cochlearius cochlearius, Crabeater, Cryal, Cultirostral, Cultirostres ♦ Egretta caerulea ♦ Giant heron, great blue heron, great white heron ♦ Hammerkop, Hern, Heroner, heronry, heron's bill, Heronshaw ♦ little blue heron ♦ Nankeen bird, Night heron, Nyctanassa violacea, Nycticorax nycticorax ♦ Qua-bird ♦ Reef heron ♦ snowy heron, Squacco ♦ yellow-crowned night heron. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Heron": Hawk and Handsaw, Hepadnaviridae, Heron-crests ♦ Kabibonokka. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Heron": Herodiones. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Heron" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Serbo-Croatian (hern). |
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Lyrics | And the heron and the otter are my friends (Colors of the wind; performing artist: Vanessa Williams) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Heron and the Crane (1974) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | A Great Blue Heron trying valiantly to swallow a large fish. He finally had to give up. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | A Great Blue Heron and a Snowy Egret sharing a Patuxent River marsh area on a glorious fall day. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | A lost blue heron hitching a ride at sea. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | A blue heron resting up before trying to find his way back to land. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | A heron takes a rest on a pile of stone crab traps. Credit: Fisheries. |  | A heron sits on the dock alongside the water. Numerous species of herons live and roost in the waters that surround Tampa Bay. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The blue heron feeds on marine organisms found near the mangrove islets. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve. Green heron at Marsh Landing Dock. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
 | A great blue heron waits for his dinner on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Credit: Tim McCabe. |  | Great Blue Heron on nest in a rookery in the prairie pothole region of eastern South Dakota. Credit: Don Poggensee. |
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| "Heron" by James McCallum Commentary: "Heron." | "Heron 3" by Stephen Mishler Commentary: "Various heron shots before getting the fish from my pond." |
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 | Heron call. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Two boys were standing in the shelter of a doorway, smoking, and before he reached them he had recognised Heron by his voice |
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| "Heron" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 67.82% of the time. "Heron" is used about 202 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 67.82% | 137 | 27,138 |
| Noun (proper) | 28.71% | 58 | 44,427 |
| Noun (common) | 3.47% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 202 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Heron" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Heron | Last name | 1,000 | 7,833 |
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| "Heron" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a heron". | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "Heron". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Heron | Male | English | A heron |
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| United Kingdom | Heron International Plc |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Heron, MT |
Expressions using "Heron": Giant heron ♦ great blue heron ♦ great white heron ♦ Heron Lake ♦ little blue heron ♦ night heron ♦ reef heron ♦ snowy heron. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Heron": heron-like. | |
Ending with "Heron": anti-heron, night-heron, Scott-heron. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
heron | 396 | blue heron bird | 20 |
blue heron | 345 | blue golf heron | 18 |
great blue heron | 183 | heron picture | 17 |
gil scott heron | 115 | course glen golf heron | 17 |
heron island | 53 | gil heron lyrics scott | 17 |
white heron | 49 | golf heron lake | 17 |
green heron | 43 | yellow crowned night heron | 16 |
bay heron | 43 | blue festival heron | 16 |
blue heron pine | 39 | blue heron picture | 15 |
heron lake | 37 | heron house key west | 15 |
bird heron | 36 | blue heron little | 14 |
glen heron | 35 | night heron | 14 |
black crowned night heron | 32 | blue heron inn | 14 |
heron house | 29 | great blue heron casino | 14 |
heron lake golf course | 28 | blue course golf heron | 13 |
blake heron | 23 | bay heron tpc | 13 |
heron island australia | 22 | great blue heron picture | 13 |
alexandria heron | 22 | glen golf heron | 13 |
formula heron | 22 | heron mt | 12 |
blue casino heron | 21 | blue heron realty | 12 |
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| Language | Translations for "Heron"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | gatë (egret), çafkë (egret, gull). (various references) | |
Arabic | مالك الحزين طائر, البلشون. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | mohkammii (blue heron). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | чапла (Hern). (various references) | |
Chinese | 鷺 , 鷥 , 蒼鷺 , 灌 (irrigate, pour). (various references) | |
Czech | volavka (Hern). (various references) | |
Danish | hejre (bromegrass, grass of the genus). (various references) | |
Dutch | reiger. (various references) | |
Esperanto | ardeo. (various references) | |
Faeroese | hegri. (various references) | |
Farsi | ماهیخوار(ج.ش.), حواصیل (Egret). (various references) | |
Finnish | harmaahaikara, haikara (stork). (various references) | |
French | héron. (various references) | |
Frisian | reager, ielreager. (various references) | |
German | reiher (herons), Fischreiher (grey heron). (various references) | |
Greek | ερωδιόσ (egret), ερωδιός, ψαροφάγοσ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | אנפה (bittern, egret). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kócsag (aigrette, hand-saw). (various references) | |
Indonesian | bangau (white egret). (various references) | |
Irish | corr éisc. (various references) | |
Italian | airone. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 黒鷺 (eastern reef heron), 青鷺 (variety of heron), 白鷺 (white heron), 五位鷺 (night heron). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | くろさぎ (eastern reef heron), しらさぎ (white heron), ごいさぎ (night heron), あおさぎ (variety of heron). (various references) | |
Manx | coar ny hastan (hernshaw). (various references) | |
Mohawk | kentsyokwas. (various references) | |
Norwegian | hegre. (various references) | |
Papago | shuhthagi u'uwhig. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eronhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | gara-real (hern), garça (egret), airão. (various references) | |
Russian | цапля (wader). (various references) | |
Scottish | corra-ghriothach (crane, pl. corran-griothach), corr (a crane, crane). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | čaplja. (various references) | |
Shona | nyarupani. (various references) | |
Spanish | garza (Hern). (various references) | |
Swedish | häger. (various references) | |
Turkish | balıkçıl (ichthyophagous, piscivorous). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | чапля (Ardea, Hern, wader). (various references) | |
Welsh | garan (crane, stork), cre%yr. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | igira. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Ardea cinerea, Ardea goliath, Ardea purpurea, ardeam, Ardeola ralloides, Butorides virescens, Casmerodius albus, Ciconiiformes, Egretta alba, Egretta gularis, Egretta gularis gularis, erodionem, FLorida caerulea, herodianis, herodii, herodium, Hydranassa caerulea, Hydranassa tricolor, Nycticorax nycticorax, RM:irun brin, RM:irun cotschen, RM:irun da riva, RM:irun grisch, RM:irun stgarvunà . (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Leviticus Chapter 11, Verse 19 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai glauka kai erwdion kai caradrion kai ta omoia autw kai epopa kai nukterida |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Erodionem et charadrion iuxta genus suum opupam quoque et vespertilionem |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And a gerfawcoun, and a iay after his kynde; and a lapwynk, and a reremous. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | The heron, the Iaye with the kynde, the lappwynge ad the swalowe. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The stork and the heron, and birds of that sort, and the hoopoe and the bat. |
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| Language | Leviticus Chapter 11, Verse 19 |
| Cebuano | Ug ang herodion, ug ang tabon ingon sa iyang matang, ug ang abubilya, ug ang kabog. |
| Chinese | 鸛 、 鷺 鷥 、 與 其 類 ． 戴 鵀 、 與 蝙 蝠 。 |
| Croatian | roda, èaplja svake vrste; pupavac i šišmiš." |
| Danish | Storken, de forskellige Arter af Hejrer, Hærfuglen og Flagermusen. |
| Dutch | En de ooievaar, de reiger naar zijn aard, en de hop, en de vledermuis. |
| Finnish | haikara ja sirriäislajit, harjalintu ja yölepakko. |
| French | la cigogne, le héron et ce qui est de son espèce, la huppe et la chauve-souris. |
| German | den Storch, den Reiher, den Häher mit seiner Art, den Wiedehopf und die Schwalbe. |
| Hungarian | Az eszterág és a szarka az õ nemével, a büdös banka és a denevér. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | dan laklak dan bangau sejenis-jenisnya dan meragai dan kelelawar. |
| Maori | Me te taaka, me te heroni, me nga mea pera, me te hupou, me te pekapeka. |
| Norwegian | og storken, og heiren efter sine arter, og hærfuglen og flaggermusen. |
| Portuguese | a cegonha, a garça segundo a sua, espécie, a poupa e o morcego. |
| Rumanian | barza, bktlanul, wi ce este din neamul lui, pupqza wi liliacul. |
| Russian | ГБРМЙ, ЪХС У РПТПДПА ЕЗП, ХДПДБ Й ОЕФПРЩТС. |
| Spanish | la cigüeña y la garza, según sus especies; la abubilla y el murciélago. |
| Swedish | asgamen, hägern, regnpiparen med dess arter, härfågeln och flädermusen. |
| Ukrainian | і бусла, чаплі за родом її, і одуда, і нетопира. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Heron": heronries, heronry, herons. (additional references) | |
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"Heron" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aeron, Cherno, Cheron, Cherton, deron, ehon, Ehren, eron, erron, feron, haran, Harbon, Harcoun, harion, Harjo, haron, Harouna, harron, Harroun, Harson, hebon, hedon, hedron, Heho, heiro, helon, henon, heon, heona, heor, heora, heory, Heren, Herend, herian, herion, hermoa, heroc, heroe, herog, heroh, herol, herom, Heronim, herop, heros, herot, Herrn, herum, Hervo, Hesoun, hetro, Hevron, hexon, heyo, Heyoom, hfro, Hibon, Hicon, hiero, Hierro, hion, Hirn, hiro, hiron, hironen, Hirson, horan, Horun, Huerin, huon, huran, huro, Hurok, hurron, Hyron, Keron, meron, neron, Phiroun, Seron, theron, wheron, Yeroen, zeron. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "Heron" (pronounced he"run) |
| 4 | -e" r u n | Marron, perron. |
| 3 | -r u n | fibrin, apron, aspirin, Baron, barren, brethren, Buran, cauldron, Chevron, children, citron, doctrine, foreign, garron, giron, grandchildren, intron, matron, octahedron, patron, Philodendron, polyhedron, rhododendron, saffron, schoolchildren, siren, sovereign, sovran, squadron, stepchildren, tetrahedron, Warren. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: honer. | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-n-o-r" | |
-1 letter: hern, hero, hoer, hone, horn. | |
-2 letters: eon, ern, hen, her, hoe, hon, noh, nor, one, ore, rho, roe. | |
-3 letters: eh, en, er, he, ho, ne, no, oe, oh, on, or, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-n-o-r" | |
+1 letter: dehorn, gorhen, hereon, heroin, herons, honers, honker, horned, hornet, nosher, nother, senhor, throne. | |
+2 letters: another, bethorn, chevron, chorine, dehorns, gorhens, heroine, heroins, heronry, hoarsen, honkers, honored, honoree, honorer, hordein, hormone, hornets, hornier, horrent, hounder, hyperon, inshore, leghorn, menorah, moorhen, nephron, nonhero, norther, noshers, notcher, nowhere, onshore, phonier, reshone, reshown, roughen, senhora, senhors, shorten, thereon, thorned, throned, thrones, unhorse, whereon. | |
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