Ardeidae

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Ardeidae
    n 1: herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns [syn: {Ardeidae},
         {family Ardeidae}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ardeidae \Ardeidae\ n.
   1. 1 a familu of wading birds incuding the herons, egrets,
      night herons, and bitterns.

   Syn: family {Ardeidae}.
        [WordNet 1.5]