great blue heron

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noun

a large American heron, Ardea herodias, having bluish-gray plumage.

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Origin of great blue heron

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

Words nearby great blue heron

great basinet, Great Bear, Great Bear Lake, Great Belt, Great Bend, great blue heron, Great Britain, great bustard, great circle, great-circle sailing, great-circle track

How to use great blue heron in a sentence

All the way up the creek I had been hearing the throaty ghouw-bhouw of a great blue heron off in the swamp.
Roof and Meadow|Dallas Lore Sharp
And now it happened that the great blue heron came more frequently to visit the Perdu.
Earth's Enigmas|Charles G. D. Roberts
High up, as if almost touching the calm sky, a great blue heron was toiling heavily westward.
Hoosier Mosaics|Maurice Thompson
Only a belated and startled great blue heron flapped lazily away to the west.
In to the Yukon|William Seymour Edwards

In the narrows we started a great blue heron and one or two smaller bitterns.
In to the Yukon|William Seymour Edwards