heron

heron meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

Examples of heron in a sentence

• Herons hunt by stealth, and the bittern may be the stealthiest of the lot.
• Blue hares, deer, wild geese, herons and duck can be discreetly observed from the hides.
• A siege of herons feeds in the shallows.

All 10 example sentences with heron

Forms of heron

Plural of heron: herons

Origin of heron

From Middle English heron, heroun, heiron, from Anglo-Norman heiron, from Medieval Latin hairō, from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *hraigrō, from Proto-Germanic *haigrô (compare Swedish häger and Danish hejre), dissimilation of *hraigrô (compare Old English hrāgra, Dutch reiger, German Reiher), from imitative Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreik-, *(s)kreig- (“to screech, creak”) (compare Welsh crëyr (“heron”), Ancient Greek κρίζω (krízō, “to creak, screech”). Compare also egret from the same Germanic etymon.

* As an English and French surname, from heron. * As an English surname, from Harome in Yorkshire, from Old English harum, dative plural of hær (“stone”) * As an Irish surname, from O'Heron, from Ó hUidhrín (literally “descendant of Uidhrín”), from odhar (“swarthy”). * As an Irish surname, from Ó hEaráin; see Haren. * As an Irish surname, from Mac Giolla Chiaráin (literally “son of the servant of Ciarán”); see Kieran.

Words formed from heron

• American night heron
• black-crowned night heron
• great blue heron
• great white heron
• green heron
• grey heron
• heronlike
• heronry
• heronsbill
• Herons Creek
• Japanese night heron
• little blue heron
• little heron
• Louisiana heron
• Malayan night heron
• mangrove heron
• Nankeen night heron
• night heron
• Pacific reef heron
• pond heron
• purple heron
• Rodrigues night heron
• rufous night heron
• squacco heron
• striated heron
• tiger heron
• tricolored heron
• white-faced heron

Related words

• Martins Heron

Phrases with heron

• blue heron
• Indian pond heron
• Chinese pond heron

Words that rhyme with heron

• Aaron
• Theron
• terran

Questions about heron

What does heron mean?

Heron means any long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae.

What is heron in Hindi?

Heron in Hindi is वगुला (vagulā), बगला (baglā), बगुला (bagulā). See Heron meaning in Hindi.

What part of speech is heron?

Heron can be a noun or a proper noun.

How do you pronounce heron?

Heron is pronounced /ˈhɛɹən/.

What is the plural of heron?

The plural of heron is herons.