A wading bird, Ardea purpurea, having reddish-brown plumage and found throughout southern Europe and Asia.

In a heroic manner, like a hero.

plural of heroic meter

Heroic.

(slang) oxycodone, an opiate drug

A breeding woodland for herons; a heron rookery.

plural of heroon

(archaic) In a heroic way; heroically.

Characteristic of Herodotus or his works

To surpass in evil and cruelty (originally and chiefly with Herod as direct object).