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Example sentences for: heron

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Still with the water birds, the heron is named for its harsh cry rrank; the name itself is related to that of the hen .
The pub is named after a bird common in the Broads, the grey heron Ardea cinerea , known locally as the harnser . We do not mistake it for a hawk, a plasterer's board with a handle underneath (called, interestingly enough, oiseau in French).
All are derived from the French heronceaux young heron, which itself descends from heroncel , an Old French diminutive.
Among others, I mentioned the names caouane [\?\ka\?\wεn] or [\?\ka\?\wæn], turtle; gros-bec [\?\gro(u),bεk], night heron; and bec-scie [\?\bεk\?\si], merganser.
H. Kirke Swann, in his Dictionary of English and Folk-Names of British Birds (Witherby and Co., 1913, republished by Gale Research Company, Detroit, 1968), gives Hern, Hernshaw, Hernseugh, Hernsew, Harn, Harnser , and Harnsey as names for the Common (Grey) Heron.