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noun • any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season | ||||||||
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noun • relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes | ||||||||
| 90% | 6 | Tall wading birds with long necks and long legs | ||||||
noun • lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis • United States writer (1871-1900) • large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world • United States poet (1899-1932) • a small constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Phoenix verb • stretch (the neck) so as to see better | ||||||||
Herons
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EGRETS which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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