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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 herons
Familiarity information: NIGHT HERON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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