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GREAT WHITE HERON

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large white heron of Florida and the Florida Keys

Synonyms:

Ardea occidentalis; great white heron

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("great white heron" is a kind of...):

heron (grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill)

Holonyms ("great white heron" is a member of...):

Ardea; genus Ardea (type genus of the Ardeidae: large New and Old World herons)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Widely distributed Old World white egret

Synonyms:

Casmerodius albus; great white heron

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("great white heron" is a kind of...):

egret (any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season)

Holonyms ("great white heron" is a member of...):

Egretta; genus Egretta (small Old and New World herons)

Casmerodius; genus Casmerodius (a white egrets)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A common egret of the genus Egretta found in America; it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus

Synonyms:

American egret; Egretta albus; great white heron

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("great white heron" is a kind of...):

egret (any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season)

Holonyms ("great white heron" is a member of...):

Egretta; genus Egretta (small Old and New World herons)

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