Ardeidae

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a familu of wading birds incuding the herons, egrets, night herons, and bitterns.

Thesaurus

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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 genus Ixobrychus, Ixobrychus - bitterns