Pronunciation of heron: [lù].
Group words for heron:
1, Heron:
Large waterfowl with long necks and legs, good at preying on fish and other aquatic life.
2, heron:
Includes many different species of birds, such as egrets and herons, which usually inhabit lakes, rivers, and swampy areas.
3, Heron's Beak:
Refers to the heron's beak, which is long, thin and pointed, and is suitable for holding fish and other food.
4, Heron Flock:
Refers to groups of herons that gather together, usually formed in wetlands and other places.
5, Heron Waves:
Describes the waves formed by herons as they fly or travel across the water.
6, Heron Dance:
Describes the posture and movement of a heron gracefully dancing along the water's edge.
7, Heron Steps:
Describes the light steps of the heron as it walks on the water.
8, Heron's Shadow:
refers to the scene formed by the reflection of a heron in a lake or river.
9. Heron Fan:
refers to literary works or artistic creations related to herons.
10, Heron Flying Vainly Declaring:
Metaphorically, it refers to a person's speech being empty, impractical or nebulous.
11, Heron Steps and Crab Walks:
It describes a person who moves slowly and hesitantly, like the posture of a heron when it walks slowly along the water's edge.
Habitat Characteristics of Herons:
The larger ones are the great egrets, which are as white as snow, and have tufts of straw raincoat feathers draped over their backs when they are breeding, and lose them after the reproductive period. It breeds in northeastern China, Hebei, Henan, the Yangtze River Basin provinces and Hainan Island. The middle egret is slightly smaller than the great egret, and is a common bird in central China.
The egret is white, with short crown feathers at the back of the neck and well-developed straw raincoat feathers on the back and under the neck. The Cattle Heron is named for the lice it often feeds on the backs of cows. Commonly known as the yellow-headed heron, two shoulders have a bunch of straw raincoat yellowish, backward to the tail, can be used as decorative feathers.
Breeding characteristics of herons:
Seen in the provinces south of the Yangtze River, breeding in Fujian and Yunnan, occasionally in Hebei and Shandong. The common egret is smaller than the Chinese egret, hence the name little egret. The body plumage is also white.
During the breeding season, the egret bears two narrow spear-like feathers on the occiput, which droop like a braid, and the long feathers on the back are curled upward, while the chest is covered with lax spear-like feathers, and the beak and metatarsals are black, but the toes are yellowish-green.
Herons inhabit coastal islands, coasts, bays, estuaries, and rivers, lakes, ponds, streams, rice paddies, and swampy areas near their coasts.