blue heron
any of the American varieties of heron with bluish or bluish-gray plumage, as the great blue heron.
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How to use blue heron in a sentence
Short of a luge run, blue heron Farm has the facilities to provide for any recreational whim.
He laughed softly; and just then the blue heron came back to the Perdu.
Earth's Enigmas | Charles G. D. RobertsFor one thing, they would make mighty fine eating for the family of that self-satisfied old blue heron.
Freckles | Gene Stratton-PorterAll the way up the creek I had been hearing the throaty ghouw-bhouw of a great blue heron off in the swamp.
Roof and Meadow | Dallas Lore SharpThe blue heron rose heavily from the backwater, and winged his slow flight high above the trees.
Creatures of the Night | Alfred W. Rees
And now it happened that the great blue heron came more frequently to visit the Perdu.
Earth's Enigmas | Charles G. D. Roberts
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