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Ardeidae

noun

herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns

• Syn: ↑family Ardeidae

• Hypernyms: ↑bird family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Ciconiiformes, ↑order Ciconiiformes

• Member Meronyms:

↑heron, ↑Ardea, ↑genus Ardea, ↑Egretta, ↑genus Egretta, ↑Casmerodius, ↑genus Casmerodius, ↑Bubulcus, ↑genus Bubulcus, ↑Nycticorax, ↑genus Nycticorax, ↑Nyctanassa, ↑genus Nyctanassa, ↑Cochlearius, ↑genus Cochlearius, ↑Botaurus, ↑genus Botaurus, ↑Ixobrychus, ↑genus Ixobrychus

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\\ärˈdēəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Ardea, type genus + -idae

: a family of long-legged and long-necked migratory wading birds (order Ciconiiformes) comprising the herons and bitterns

Useful english dictionary. 2012.