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great blue heron
noun
- a large American heron, Ardea herodias, having bluish-gray plumage.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of great blue heron1
An Americanism dating back to 1825–35
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Example Sentences
All the way up the creek I had been hearing the throaty ghouw-bhouw of a great blue heron off in the swamp.
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And now it happened that the great blue heron came more frequently to visit the Perdu.
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High up, as if almost touching the calm sky, a great blue heron was toiling heavily westward.
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Only a belated and startled great blue heron flapped lazily away to the west.
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In the narrows we started a great blue heron and one or two smaller bitterns.
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