Definition of ardeidae Ardeidae
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What does ardeidae mean?
WordNet
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| ardeidae - herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns | ||
| family Ardeidae | ||
| bird family a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings | ||
| ciconiiformes, order ciconiiformes order of chiefly tropical marsh-dwelling fish-eating wading birds with long legs and bills and (except for flamingos) unwebbed feet: herons; storks; spoonbills; flamingos; ibises | ||
| heron grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill | ||
| ardea, genus ardea type genus of the Ardeidae: large New and Old World herons | ||
| egretta, genus egretta small Old and New World herons | ||
| casmerodius, genus casmerodius a white egrets | ||
| bubulcus, genus bubulcus small white egrets | ||
| genus nycticorax, nycticorax Old World night herons | ||
| genus nyctanassa, nyctanassa American night herons | ||
| cochlearius, genus cochlearius boatbills | ||
| botaurus, genus botaurus bitterns | ||
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Part of speech
🔤- ardeidae, noun, singular of ardeidaes.
