"great blue heron" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: great blue herons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} great blue heron (plural great blue herons)
  1. A large wading bird of the species Ardea herodias. Categories (lifeform): Herons Coordinate_terms (Ardea herodias): white heron, grey heron, cocoi heron Translations (Ardea herodias): amerikanharmaahaikara (Finnish), táłtłʼááh álééh (Navajo), больша́я голуба́я ца́пля (bolʹšája golubája cáplja) [feminine] (Russian), garza azulada [feminine] (Spanish), garza ceniza [feminine] (Spanish), amerikansk gråhäger [common-gender] (Swedish)

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