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grey heron

/ɡɹeɪ ˈhɛɹ.ən/

grey heron noun: ardea cinerea, an Old World wading bird of the heron family.

grey heron: ardea cinerea, an Old World wading bird of the heron family
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Noun

grey heron (plural grey herons)

  1. Ardea cinerea, an Old World wading bird of the heron family.

grey heron meaning in Tamil, Malay and Vietnamese

grey heron in Tamil

சாம்பல் நாரை

grey heron in Malay

the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
burung seriap

grey heron in Vietnamese

the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
diệc xám

Forms of grey heron

pluralgrey herons

Questions about grey heron

What does grey heron mean?
Grey heron means ardea cinerea, an Old World wading bird of the heron family.
What is grey heron in Tamil?
Grey heron in Tamil is சாம்பல் நாரை. See Grey heron meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is grey heron?
Grey heron is a noun.
How do you pronounce grey heron?
Grey heron is pronounced /ɡɹeɪ ˈhɛɹ.ən/.
What is the plural of grey heron?
The plural of grey heron is grey herons.

Words near grey heron in the dictionary

  1. grey gums
  2. grey hat
  3. grey hats
  4. grey hen
  5. grey hens
  6. grey heron
  7. grey herons
  8. Grey Highlands
  9. grey hydrogen
  10. grey iron
  11. grey irons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: grey heron (page history and authors); grey heron (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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