A / ardĕa
noun

ardĕa

gen. ardeae · gender feminine · decl. 1st
kindred with the Gr. ἐρωδιός and ῥωδιός; cf. the Sanscr. rud = sonare
a heron
a heron (in Pliny usu. ardeola, q. v.), Verg. G. 1, 364.