Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of the family Ardeidæ, and formerly coextensive with it.
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- noun type genus of the Ardeidae: large New and Old World herons
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We saw many of the pretty white ardea, and other water-birds, flying over the spots not yet dried up; and occasionally wild ducks, but these only in numbers sufficient to remind us that we were approaching the Zambesi, where every water-fowl has a home.
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It is merely a poetical method of accounting for the Latin name of that bird, which was very plentiful in the vicinity of the city of Ardea, and, perhaps, thence derived its name of ‘ardea.’
The Metamorphoses of Ovid Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations 43 BC-18? Ovid 1847
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In another chapter, the inspired author associates the kephad with the pelican, with the yanshaph or ardea ibis, and with oreb, or the raven kind; and hence a considerable difficulty has arisen in regard to the class of animals in which it ought to be ranked.
Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time Michael Russell 1814
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We find also the heron, burong kuntul (ardea); the snipe, kandidi
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795
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Clamoremque ferunt ad litora; quumque marinae In ftcco ludunt fulicac; notasque paludes Deferit, atque altam fupra volat ardea nubem.
P. Virgilii Maronis Opera Virgil, Gilbert Wakefield 1796
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Pabula venturae pluviae; turn fufile pondus Inferiora petit j nee certior ardea cc3elos Indicat humentes, medias quando aetheris eras Tranando, craflfa fmitur fublimius aura,
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ardea personal light - herman miller lavardera 2009
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(Falco Tinnunculus), peregrine falcon (Falco Peregrinus), piebald pheasant (phasianus colchicus), buff pheasant, cormorant (phylacrocorax carbo), jay (corvus glandarius), heron (ardea cinerea), horned owl (asio otus).
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter
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