Library / English Dictionary

NIGHT HERON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Nocturnal or crepuscular herons

Synonyms:

night heron; night raven

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("night heron" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "night heron"):

black-crowned night heron; Nycticorax nycticorax (night heron of both Old and New Worlds)

Nyctanassa violacea; yellow-crowned night heron (North American night heron)

Credits