Louisiana heron
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Louisiana heron
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
Example Sentences
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Into Brooklyn was blown a baby Louisiana heron, with one wing broken.
From Time Magazine Archive
On another island, where we also found a big colony of frigate-birds roosting on the mangrove and Gulf tamarisk scrub, there was a small heronry of the Louisiana heron.
From A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open by Theodore Roosevelt
The great egret, too, was there, with its snowy plumage and orange bill; the delicately-formed Louisiana heron, with droves of sand-hill cranes, appearing in the distance like flocks of white sheep.
From The Boy Hunters by Unknown
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