noun · Animals

heron

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The meaning (definition) of the word heron

a tall grey bird that stands very still in shallow water

The word heron used in a sentence

The tall heron stands very still by the pond looking for fish.

The plural of the word heron

herons

How the word heron is said around the world

Frenchhéron (ayrawn)
Spanishgarza (gahrthah)
Mandarin苍鹭 (cāng lù)
Hindiबगला (buglah)
Arabicمالك الحزين (mahleek ahlhahzeen)
Russianцапля (tsaplia)
Portuguese (EU)garça (gahruhsuh)
Portuguese (BR)garça (gahruhsa)
Japaneseサギ (sagi)
GermanReiher (ryur)
Urduبگلا (buglah)
Punjabiਬਗਲਾ (buguhlah)
Korean왜가리 (waegari)
Hebrewאֲנָפָה (ahnahfah)
Greekερωδιός (erodios)
Dutchreiger (reighuhr)
Tagalogtagak (tahgahk)
Vietnamesecon cò (kawn kaw)
Turkishbalıkçıl (bahlukchul)
Persianحواصیل (hahvahseel)
Polishczapla (chahplah)
Ukrainianчапля (chaplya)
Bengaliসারস (shahrawsh)
Swedishhäger (hairyuhr)
Italianairone (eyerohnay)

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