Ardea

== Translingual == === Etymology === Latin ardea (“heron”). === Proper noun === Ardea f A taxonomic genus within the family Ardeidae – great herons and certain other herons and egrets. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Ciconiiformes – order; Ardeidae – family; Ardeinae – subfamily ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Ardea cinerea (grey heron) – type species; Ardea alba (great egret, great white heron, white egret), Ardea cocoi (cocoi heron), Ardea goliath (Goliath heron, giant heron), Ardea herodias (great blue heron), Ardea humbloti (Humboldt's heron), Ardea insignis (white-bellied heron), Ardea intermedia (intermediate egret), Ardea melanocephala (black-headed heron), Ardea pacifica (white-necked heron), Ardea picata, Ardea purpurea (purple heron), Ardea sumatrana (great-billed heron) – selected other species ==== Derived terms ==== Ardeola Ardeotis === References === Ardea (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Ardea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Ardea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Gill, F.; Wright, M. (2006), Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN == Latin == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈar.de.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈar.de.a] === Proper noun === Ardea f sg (genitive Ardeae); first declension a very ancient city of Latium, capital of the Rutuli ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== Ardeās Ardeātīnus === References === “Ardea”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Ardea”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly