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ARDEIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns
Synonyms:
Ardeidae; family Ardeidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Ardeidae" is a kind of...):
bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)
Meronyms (members of "Ardeidae"):
heron (grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill)
Ardea; genus Ardea (type genus of the Ardeidae: large New and Old World herons)
Egretta; genus Egretta (small Old and New World herons)
Casmerodius; genus Casmerodius (a white egrets)
Bubulcus; genus Bubulcus (small white egrets)
genus Nycticorax; Nycticorax (Old World night herons)
genus Nyctanassa; Nyctanassa (American night herons)
Cochlearius; genus Cochlearius (boatbills)
Botaurus; genus Botaurus; genus Ixobrychus; Ixobrychus (bitterns)
Holonyms ("Ardeidae" is a member of...):
Ciconiiformes; order Ciconiiformes (order of chiefly tropical marsh-dwelling fish-eating wading birds with long legs and bills and (except for flamingos) unwebbed feet: herons; storks; spoonbills; flamingos; ibises)
