Associations to the word «Heron»

Wiktionary

HERON, noun. A long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae.

Dictionary definition

HERON, noun. Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century).
HERON, noun. Grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope