Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "night heron" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF NIGHT HERON

night heron play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NIGHT HERON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Night heron is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NIGHT HERON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Night heron

The night herons are medium-sized herons in the genera Nycticorax, Nyctanassa, and Gorsachius. The genus name Nycticorax derives from the Greek for “night raven” and refers to the largely nocturnal feeding habits of this group of birds, and the croaking crow-like call of the best known species, the Black-crowned Night Heron. In Europe, Night Heron is often used to refer to the Black-crowned Night Heron, since it is the only member of the genus in that continent. Juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron, Nycticorax nycticorax Adults are short-necked, short-legged, and stout herons with a primarily brown or grey plumage, and, in most, a black crown. Young birds are brown, flecked with white. At least some of the extinct Mascarenes taxa appear to have retained this juvenile plumage in adult birds. Night herons nest alone or in colonies, on platforms of sticks in a group of trees, or on the ground in protected locations such as islands or reedbeds. 3-8 eggs are laid. Night herons stand still at the water's edge, and wait to ambush prey, mainly at night.

Definition of night heron in the English dictionary

The definition of night heron in the dictionary is any nocturnal heron of the genus Nycticorax and related genera, having short legs and neck, a heavy body, and a short heavy bill.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NIGHT HERON

night and day
night blindness
night dancer
night editor
night fighter
night latch
night letter
night nurse
night out
night owl
night porter
night raven
night robe
night safe
night school
night shelter
night shift
night sights
night sky
night soil

WORDS THAT END LIKE NIGHT HERON

Acheron
aileron
boat-billed heron
Cameron
chaperon
Decameron
deuteron
erigeron
great white heron
green heron
grey heron
heron
interferon
longeron
Oberon
operon
Percheron
sticheron
Theron
vigneron

Synonyms and antonyms of night heron in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «night heron» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF NIGHT HERON

Find out the translation of night heron to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of night heron from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «night heron» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

夜苍鹭
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

garza de noche
570 millions of speakers

English

night heron
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रात बगुला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مالك الحزين الليل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ночь цапля
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

noite garça
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রাতে হরিণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

héron de nuit
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Malam penaklukan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nachtreiher
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ゴイサギ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

밤 헤론
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Night heron
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đêm diệc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இரவு வேளை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रात्रीची टोपली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Gece balıkçıl
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nitticora
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

czapla nocy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ніч чапля
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

noapte stârc
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νύχτα ερωδιός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nag reier
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

night heron
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

natt hegre
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of night heron

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NIGHT HERON»

The term «night heron» is normally little used and occupies the 109.087 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Little used
49
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «night heron» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of night heron
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «night heron».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NIGHT HERON» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «night heron» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «night heron» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about night heron

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NIGHT HERON»

Discover the use of night heron in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to night heron and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Night Heron
Uncover a world of international secrets in the utterly authentic, unbearably tense opening novel in a landmark thriller trilogy by BBC Foreign Correspondent Adam Brookes.
Adam Brookes, 2014
2
Millie and the Night Heron
Millie and the Night Heron explores the changing concept of family in contemporary life through the eyes of Millie, a sharply observant chronicler.
Catherine Bateson, 2005
3
The Night Heron
THE STORY: The sighting of a rare bird attracts attention to a remote part of the Fens.
Jez Butterworth, 2004
4
Basic Texas Birds: A Field Guide
A Field Guide Mark W. Lockwood. BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON Nycticorax nycticorax BACKGROUND Another wide-rang- ^^^^ ing species, this bird occurs on every continent except Australia and Antarctica. Although it is widespread in ...
Mark W. Lockwood, 2010
5
Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds
Bock (1956) recognised two genera of night-heron: (1) Gorsachius, with goisagi ( Japanese Night-Heron), melanolophus (Malayan Night-Heron), magnificus ( White- eared Night-Heron) and leuconotus (White- backed Night-Heron); and (2)  ...
Les Christidis, Walter Boles, 2008
6
Nankeen Night Heron
A small colony has also established near Wanganui, New Zealand The Nankeen Night Heron stands about 60cm tall. It is not strictly nocturnal. It often feeds during the day, especially during wet weather.
Lambert M Surhone, Mariam T Tennoe, Susan F Henssonow, 2011
7
Rock and the Pop Narcotic: Testament for the Electric Church
Long out-of-print classic of rock criticism. Author worked with Black Flag, Negativland, Birthday Party, Dead Kennedys, Husker Du, Meat Puppets, and others. Excerpted in the Penguin Book of Rock & Roll Writing.
Joe Carducci, 2005
8
Cruickshank's Photographs of Birds of America: 177 ...
An amazing supersitition persisted for years that a night heron could thtow out a light from its breast with which to attract and see its prey. Even today some person may insist he has observed a night heron produce this luminous glow.
‎1977
9
The Complete Guide to Finding the Birds of Australia
... Ardeola speciosa (SE Asia) Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax ( Africa, Eurasia and Africa) Malayan Night-Heron Gorsachius melanolopus (SE Asia) Japanese Night-Heron Gorsachius goisagi (East Asia) White Stork Ciconia  ...
Richard Thomas, Sarah Thomas, David Andrew, 2011
10
Foraging Ecology of Black-crowned Night-herons (Nycticorax ...
In the present study of Black-crowned Night-Heron foraging ecology, I found that: (1) individuals flying from a major breeding colony followed similar flight paths regardless of date or tide; (2) there was a tradeoff between prey size and capture  ...
Andrew James Bernick, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NIGHT HERON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term night heron is used in the context of the following news items.
1
B'kanika monsoon bird census from Aug 16 | Bhubaneswar NYOOOZ
... bill stork, little cormorant, intermediate egret, large egret, little egret, purple heron, grey heron, night heron, darter, white ibis and cattle egret. «NYOOOZ, Jul 15»
2
Bow Wow Meow Art Auction
One of the oil paintings she donated is of a roadrunner and the other is of black-crowned night heron “because they come through here.”. «Arizona Daily Star, Jul 15»
3
Avian Investigation: Atlantic Puffin or Razorbill?
On July 16, Jeff O'Sullivan spotted a black-crowned night heron, a great blue heron and a great egret at the pond near Mink Meadows Golf ... «The Vineyard Gazette - Martha's Vineyard News, Jul 15»
4
Bird sightings
... featured 11 Manx shearwaters at Revere Beach; 13 American oystercatchers and a yellow-crowned night heron in Winthrop; 50 short-billed ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
5
Summer bird survey looks for breeding birds
A first for the count was Yellow-Crowned Night Heron. Participants were Paul and Deb Egeland, Larry and Cheryl Piatt, Tom and Becky ... «Centerville Daily Iowegian, Jul 15»
6
Photo of the Day: The Majestic Black Crowned Night Heron
-This is a mature Black Crowned Night Heron captured by photographer, Rick Weaver in Natrona County on Monday. See the majestic Heron ... «Oil City, Jul 15»
7
Two men charged with animal cruelty for chopping down tree in …
A Black-crowned Night Heron, between two to three weeks old, is one of the birds rescued from a construction site on East Balboa Boulevard at ... «OCRegister, Jul 15»
8
A quick stop for wildlife viewing in Kimball
Occasionally, I'll spot a green heron here, and once a few years ago, a yellow-crowned night heron made an appearance. Wood ducks are ... «Nooga.com, Jul 15»
9
15 species that should be brought back to rewild Britain
The night heron last bred here in the 16th or 17th century. It is believed to be the celebrated brewes or brues, served at mediaeval banquets. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
10
For the Birds: Summer time!
Mud Lake, Ottawa Grey Catbird, Mud Lake, Ottawa Yellow Warbler, Mud Lake, Ottawa Black-Crowned Night Heron, Mud Lake, Ottawa Northern ... «Millstone News, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Night heron [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/night-heron>. May 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z