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night′ her′on, 
  1. Birdsany of several thick-billed, crepuscular or nocturnal herons of the genus Nycticorax and related genera, as N. nycticorax (black-crowned night heron,) of the Old and New Worlds, and Nyctanassa violacea (yellow-crowned night heron), of America.
  • 1775–85

'night heron' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
black-crowned night heron - squawk - yellow-crowned night heron

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