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SNOWY HERON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does snowy heron mean?
• SNOWY HERON (noun)
The noun SNOWY HERON has 1 sense:
1. small New World egret
Familiarity information: SNOWY HERON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small New World egret
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Egretta thula; snowy egret; snowy heron
Hypernyms ("snowy heron" is a kind of...):
egret (any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season)
Holonyms ("snowy heron" is a member of...):
Egretta; genus Egretta (small Old and New World herons)
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