Heron Meaning
/ˈhɛɹən/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAny long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae.
nameA surname.
Sentence 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.
The heron had to hunt for food every day.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
At the lake, we saw a tall bird with long legs, a ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A tall grey ____ stood perfectly still in the shallow water, waiting for a fish to swim by.
Word Origin & History
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.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
At the lake, we saw a tall bird with long legs, a ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A tall grey ____ stood perfectly still in the shallow water, waiting for a fish to swim by.