blue heron

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noun

any of the American varieties of heron with bluish or bluish-gray plumage, as the great blue heron.

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How to use blue heron in a sentence

Along the way, the young Chinook must make it through 140 miles of warm, slow-moving waters, which takes more energy and extends the time they are vulnerable to predators like smallmouth bass and great blue herons.
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The fall colors are another distraction, as are sightings of the occasional Peregrine falcon, wood stork, and great blue heron.
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Perry, an ornithologist, spotted a great blue heron and delighted in a pileated woodpecker as it took flight.
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Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.
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Yeah, the “Giant man-puppy” that is Gronkowski won't hold a sexual candle to the blue-eyed dreamboat.
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GOP leaders refused; they saw that Duke was pulling blue-collar Democrats to the party.
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It denotes the person that puts on the badge, puts on the blue uniform, and goes into the streets to put their life at risk.
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They looked up into the blue sky as the helicopters flew over in a lost man formation.
Choking Back Tears, Thousands of Cops Honor Fallen Officer Ramos|Michael Daly|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In pursuing his alchemical researches, he discovered Prussian blue, and the animal oil which bears his name.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Mary is fair as the morning dew— Cheeks of roses and ribbons of blue!
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His nose was hooked and rather large, his eyes were blue, bright as steel, and set a trifle wide.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
The most promising of the methods which have been devised are cryoscopy, the methylene-blue test, and the phloridzin test.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
He said no more in words, but his little blue eyes had an eloquence that left nothing to mere speech.
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