heron

CEFRC1

/ˈhɛɹən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A tall water bird with long legs, neck, and beak.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A census-designated place in Sanders County, Montana, United States.

Examples

  • The animal shown printed on the five-real banknote is a heron.

  • The heron is a wading bird who eats lots of small fish.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A surname.

  2. Any long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae.

More examples

In context

  • The heron had to hunt for food every day.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English heron, heroun, heiron, from Anglo-Norman heiron, from Medieval Latin hairō, from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *hraigrō, from Proto-Germanic *haigrô (compare Swedish häger and Danish hejre), dissimilation of *hraigrô (compare Old English hrāgra, Dutch reiger, German Reiher), from imitative Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreik-, *(s)kreig- (“to screech, creak”) (compare Welsh crëyr (“heron”), Ancient Greek κρίζω (krízō, “to creak, screech”). Compare also egret from the same Germanic etymon.