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ar•de•id
(är′dē id),USA pronunciation adj.
- Birdsbelonging or pertaining to the family Ardeidae, comprising the herons and bitterns.
- Neo-Latin Ardeidae name of the family, equivalent. to Arde(a) name of the genus (Latin: heron) + -idae -id2