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Heron \Her"on\, n. [OE. heiroun, heroun, heron, hern, OF. hairon, F. h['e]ron, OHG. heigir; cf. Icel. hegri, Dan. heire, Sw. h["a]ger, and also G. h["a]her jay, jackdaw, OHG. hehara, higere, woodpecker, magpie, D. reiger heron, G. reiher, AS. hr[=a]gra. Cf. Aigret, Egret.] (Zo["o]l.) Any wading bird of the genus Ardea and allied genera, of the family Ardeid[ae]. The herons have a long, sharp bill, and long legs and toes, with the claw of the middle toe toothed. The common European heron ( Ardea cinerea) is remarkable for its directly ascending flight, and was formerly hunted with the larger falcons.

Note: There are several common American species; as, the great blue heron ( Ardea herodias); the little blue ( Ardea c[oe]rulea); the green ( Ardea virescens); the snowy ( Ardea candidissima); the night heron or qua-bird ( Nycticorax nycticorax). The plumed herons are called egrets.

Heron's bill (Bot.), a plant of the genus Erodium; -- so called from the fancied resemblance of the fruit to the head and beak of the heron.

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egrets

n. (plural of egret English)

Usage examples of "egrets".

A moment later there was another short, respectful knock on the door, and Chang led in two Egrets dragging Deadhead between them.

Christian had all these Immaculate Egrets, members of a Chinatown street gang, doing his bidding without question.

Which includes everyone from punks like the Immaculate Egrets and Werewolves up to very respectable businessmen.

Cunningham kept his expression impassive, but added another to his list as the Egrets piled out of the van, laughing.

Most of the bodies were Egrets, but a few Werewolves had gone down at the hands of Sui Ma's men.

They've all ready lost Jokertown to the Demon Princes and the other joker gangs, and a Chinatown gang called the Egrets or Snowbirds or something like that has run them right out of Chinatown.

The Immaculate Egrets were the greatest danger, outdistancing the Colombians, the bikers, and even the Mexican Herrera family.

The Immaculate Egrets in Chinatown, the Werewolves in Jokertown, Bludgeon's motley group along the waterfront, and a dozen others.

The Egrets are down on the platforms, no way anybody gets on any trains without us knowing.

He risked a glance over his shoulder and saw a pack of men wearing dark jackets--more Egrets, Jennifer realized--pushing through the crowd after them.

The reptilian joker went down as the Egrets burst through the onlookers surrounding the scene and tried to encircle Brennan and Jennifer.

The hack leaped out of his taxi and screamed at the man who was driving the limo as one of the Egrets got by Brennan and grabbed at Jennifer.

The two Egrets still on their feet exchanged glances, decided it wasn't worth it, and beat cheeks down the sidewalk and through the crowd.

We'll have Egrets all over us in a minute if we try to take it through Jokertown.