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Ardea

noun

Type genus of the Ardeidae: large New and Old World herons. Synonym: genus Ardea.

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Ardea herodius

Ardea occidentalis

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"Ardea" Quotes from Famous Books

... soldier in Ardea's camp; and if he had lived in olden days, he would probably have been called ...

— Bird Stories • Edith M. Patch

... FURIUS, a famous patrician of early Rome; took Veii, a rival town, after a ten years' siege; retired into voluntary exile at Ardea on account of the envy of his enemies in Rome; recalled from exile, saved Rome from destruction by the Gauls under Brennus, was five times elected dictator, and gained a succession of victories ...

— The Nuttall Encyclopaedia - Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge • Edited by Rev. James Wood

... white city), and the mountain on the side of which it was, the Alban mountain. The new capital of Ascanius became the centre and principal one of thirty cities that arose in the plain, over all of which it seemed to have authority. Among these were Tusculum, Prneste, Lavinium, and Ardea, places of which subsequent history has much ...

— The Story of Rome From the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic • Arthur Gilman

Words linked to "Ardea" : Ardea herodius, great white heron, great blue heron, bird genus, genus Ardea, Ardeidae, family Ardeidae