Definitions for heron



Overview of noun heron

The noun heron has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. Hero, Heron, Hero of Alexandria

(Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century))

2. heron

(grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill)

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