English noun: Heron |
1. | Heron (person) Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century) |
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| Synonyms | Hero, Hero of Alexandria |
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| Instance hypernym | artificer, discoverer, inventor, mathematician |
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2. | heron (animal) grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill |
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| Broader (hypernym) | wader, wading bird |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Ardea herodius, Ardea occidentalis, bittern, boat-billed heron, boatbill, broadbill, Cochlearius cochlearius, egret, Egretta caerulea, great blue heron, great white heron, little blue heron, night heron, night raven |
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| Member meronym | Ardeidae, family Ardeidae |
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