heron

(hé-r0’um, -on), n.; pl. hero a [L. heroum, ¢ Gr. pov (se. iepdv or doc), shrine or temple of a hero, neut. of 7p@ov, of a hero, e Herpes tine A family Viver ride, represented by the ichneuherpolhode mons and mongooses, having straight toes wit h mew, blunt non-retractile claws. When the group is math., raised to the rank of a family, the Her pest i nee become still of more restricted by the exclusion of such genera as Cynictis, the Rhino gale, and Cro arch us, as respectively types of different subfamilies; but even in this narrow sense of the rolls term the group contains upward of a dozen genera besides incorrectly, Herpestes, and the species are numerous. circles,