1. Grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill
   "A great blue heron stood motionless in the shallows, waiting for fish"

1. Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
   - Hero, Hero of Alexandria

Derived forms: herons

Type of: artificer, discoverer, inventor, mathematician, wader, wading bird

Part of: Ardeidae, family Ardeidae

Encyclopedia: Heron, Patrick