noun
herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns
• Syn: ↑Ardeidae
• Hypernyms: ↑bird family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ciconiiformes, ↑order Ciconiiformes
• Member Meronyms:
↑heron, ↑Ardea, ↑genus Ardea, ↑Egretta, ↑genus Egretta, ↑Casmerodius, ↑genus Casmerodius, ↑Bubulcus, ↑genus Bubulcus, ↑Nycticorax, ↑genus Nycticorax, ↑Nyctanassa, ↑genus Nyctanassa, ↑Cochlearius, ↑genus Cochlearius, ↑Botaurus, ↑genus Botaurus, ↑Ixobrychus, ↑genus Ixobrychus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.