nnoun.personGreek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)Synset:Hero Hero of Alexandria Heron
Instance Hypernyms:artificer discoverer inventor mathematician
Inherited Hypernyms:heroinventorcreatorpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:heroinventorcreatorpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:heromathematicianscientistpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:heromathematicianscientistpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.animalgrey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long billMember Holonyms:Ardeidae family Ardeidae
Hypernyms:wader wading bird
Inherited Hypernyms:heronwading birdaquatic birdbirdvertebratechordateanimalorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:Ardea herodiusArdea occidentalisCochlearius cochleariusEgretta caeruleabitternboat-billed heronboatbillbroadbillegretgreat blue herongreat white heronlittle blue heronnight heronnight raven
Full Hyponyms:american bitternamerican egretbitternblack-crowned night heronboatbillcattle egretegreteuropean bitterngreat blue herongreat white heronleast bitternlittle blue heronlittle egretnight heronsnowy egretyellow-crowned night heron