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NIGHT HERON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does night heron mean? 

NIGHT HERON (noun)
  The noun NIGHT HERON has 1 sense:

1. nocturnal or crepuscular heronsplay

  Familiarity information: NIGHT HERON used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NIGHT HERON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Nocturnal or crepuscular herons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

night heron; night raven

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)


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