Meanings
nounnight heron (plural night herons)
plural night herons
- Any of the nocturnal species of herons of the genera Nycticorax, Nyctanassa, and Gorsachius.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian нощна чапла
- нощна чапла (noštna čapla)species of heron
Chinese Mandarin 夜鷺 /夜鹭
- 夜鷺 /夜鹭 (yèlù)species of heron
French bihoreau
- bihoreauspecies of heron
German Nachtreiher
- Nachtreiherspecies of heron
Hungarian bakcsó
- bakcsóspecies of heron
Japanese 五位鷺
- 五位鷺 (goisagi)species of heron
Korean 해오라기
- 해오라기 (hae'oragi)species of heron
Lithuanian nakti̇̀kovas
- nakti̇̀kovasspecies of heron
Polish ślepowron
- ślepowronspecies of heron
Russian кваква
- кваква (kvakva)species of heron
Spanish martinete
- martinetespecies of heron
Tagalog bakaw-gabi
- bakaw-gabispecies of heron
Welsh crëyr y nos
- crëyr y nosspecies of heron
Cite this entry
APA
night heron. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/night%20heron
MLA
“night heron.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/night%20heron. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “night heron,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/night%20heron.
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