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GREAT BLUE HERON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does great blue heron mean?
• GREAT BLUE HERON (noun)
The noun GREAT BLUE HERON has 1 sense:
1. large American heron having bluish-grey plumage
Familiarity information: GREAT BLUE HERON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large American heron having bluish-grey plumage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Ardea herodius; great blue heron
Hypernyms ("great blue heron" is a kind of...):
heron (grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill)
Holonyms ("great blue heron" is a member of...):
Ardea; genus Ardea (type genus of the Ardeidae: large New and Old World herons)
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