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Heron vs Hexon - What's the difference?

heron | hexon |

As nouns the difference between heron and hexon

is that heron is a long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae while hexon is any small biological structure that has hexagonal symmetry.

heron

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae.

    • Coordinate terms

    * (a wading bird) egret, bittern, crane, heronsew, stork

    External links

    * ("heron" on Wikipedia) * (Ardeidae) * (Ardeidae)

    Anagrams

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    hexon

    English

    Noun

    (hexon protein) (en noun)
  • (biology, biochemistry) Any small biological structure that has hexagonal symmetry