heron
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Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
Noun
heron (plural herons)
- Any long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae.
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Derived terms
Translations
bird
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Further reading
heron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Ardeidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Ardeidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman heiron, from Medieval Latin hairō, *haigrō, from Frankish/Proto-West Germanic *hraigrō, from Proto-Germanic *haigrô, from earlier *hraigrô via dissimilation.
Pronunciation
Noun
heron (plural herons)
- the grey heron (Ardea cinerea), or (rarely) a representation of it used in heraldry
- the meat of a heron used as food.
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Descendants
References
- “heirǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-06.
Alternative forms
- hairon
Etymology
From Old French heron, of Germanic origin, probably from Frankish *hraigrō.
Noun
heron m (plural herons)
Descendants
- French: héron
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