"purple heron" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɜː(ɹ)pəl ˈhɛɹən/ [UK], /ˈpɝpəl ˈhɛɹən/ [General-American] Forms: purple herons [plural]
Etymology: From purple and heron. Head templates: {{en-noun}} purple heron (plural purple herons)
  1. A wading bird, Ardea purpurea, having reddish-brown plumage and found throughout southern Europe and Asia. Wikipedia link: purple heron Categories (lifeform): Herons Translations (Ardea purpurea): purpurhejre [common-gender] (Danish), purperreiger (Dutch), purpura ardeo (Esperanto), korkahegri [masculine] (Faroese), ruskohaikara (Finnish), héron pourpré [masculine] (French), Purpurreiher [masculine] (German), vörös gém (Hungarian), airone rosso [masculine] (Italian), 紫鷺 (murasaki sagi) (Japanese), 붉은왜가리 (bulgeunwaegari) (Korean), dangoro (Malagasy), russett aħmar [masculine] (Maltese), toohjįʼ noołnahii łibáhígíí (Navajo), czapla purpurowa [feminine] (Polish), garça-vermelha [feminine] (Portuguese), stârc roșu [masculine] (Romanian), ры́жая ца́пля (rýžaja cáplja) [feminine] (Russian), garza imperial [feminine] (Spanish), purpurhäger [common-gender] (Swedish), kandangaok (Tagalog), dangkanghawok (Tagalog), crëyr porffor [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-purple_heron-en-noun-SSEGNk7c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "Ardea purpurea",
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      "sense": "Ardea purpurea",
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      "sense": "Ardea purpurea",
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      "sense": "Ardea purpurea",
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      "sense": "Ardea purpurea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "sense": "Ardea purpurea",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Ardea purpurea",
      "word": "vörös gém"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Ardea purpurea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "airone rosso"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "murasaki sagi",
      "sense": "Ardea purpurea",
      "word": "紫鷺"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bulgeunwaegari",
      "sense": "Ardea purpurea",
      "word": "붉은왜가리"
    },
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      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "Ardea purpurea",
      "word": "dangoro"
    },
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      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "Ardea purpurea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "russett aħmar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "Ardea purpurea",
      "word": "toohjįʼ noołnahii łibáhígíí"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Ardea purpurea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "czapla purpurowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Ardea purpurea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "garça-vermelha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Ardea purpurea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stârc roșu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rýžaja cáplja",
      "sense": "Ardea purpurea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ры́жая ца́пля"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Ardea purpurea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "garza imperial"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Ardea purpurea",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "purpurhäger"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "Ardea purpurea",
      "word": "kandangaok"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "Ardea purpurea",
      "word": "dangkanghawok"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Ardea purpurea",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "crëyr porffor"
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