grey heron

noun

1. a large European heron, Ardea cinerea, with grey wings and back and a long black drooping crest

Example Sentences

He let it fly at a magnificent grey heron, which it struck down in less than a minute.

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A grey heron perches on the lower boughs of the trees, and fishes in the ponds.

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Each bears a snow-white shield carried on the slant, and above each warrior's head rises a grey heron's plume.

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So they went with the Fairy down to the great pond, and there sat the Princess, with the grey heron against her heart.

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Presently the eggs cracked, and out of each, at the same moment, came a little grey heron.

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