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ARDEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ardea mean?
• ARDEA (noun)
The noun ARDEA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Ardeidae: large New and Old World herons
Familiarity information: ARDEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Ardeidae: large New and Old World herons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Ardea; genus Ardea
Hypernyms ("Ardea" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Ardea"):
Ardea herodius; great blue heron (large American heron having bluish-grey plumage)
Ardea occidentalis; great white heron (large white heron of Florida and the Florida Keys)
Holonyms ("Ardea" is a member of...):
Ardeidae; family Ardeidae (herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns)
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