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grey heron

noun

  1. a large European heron, Ardea cinerea, with grey wings and back and a long black drooping crest
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

He let it fly at a magnificent grey heron, which it struck down in less than a minute.

A grey heron perches on the lower boughs of the trees, and fishes in the ponds.

Each bears a snow-white shield carried on the slant, and above each warrior's head rises a grey heron's plume.

So they went with the Fairy down to the great pond, and there sat the Princess, with the grey heron against her heart.

Presently the eggs cracked, and out of each, at the same moment, came a little grey heron.

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