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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 Birds known for their graceful and elegant appearance
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

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New York Times14 May 1989 Down 118
New York Times05 Jul 1981 Down 55
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