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ARDEA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Ardeidae: large New and Old World herons

Synonyms:

Ardea; genus Ardea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Ardea" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Ardea"):

Ardea herodius; great blue heron (large American heron having bluish-grey plumage)

Ardea occidentalis; great white heron (large white heron of Florida and the Florida Keys)

Holonyms ("Ardea" is a member of...):

Ardeidae; family Ardeidae (herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns)

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