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e·gret  (grt, grt)

n.

Any of several usually white herons of the genera Bubulcus, Casmerodius, Egretta, and related genera, characteristically having long, showy, drooping plumes during the breeding season.

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[Middle English, from Old French aigrette, from Old Provençal aigreta, from aigron, heron, of Germanic origin.]

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egret [ee-grit]

Noun

a wading bird like a heron, with long white feathery plumes [Old French aigrette]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

egret - any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season heron - grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill Egretta thula, snowy egret, snowy heron - small New World egret Egretta garzetta, little egret - Old World egret Casmerodius albus, great white heron - widely distributed Old World white egret American egret, Egretta albus, great white heron - a common egret of the genus Egretta found in America; it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus Bubulcus ibis, cattle egret - small white egret widely distributed in warm regions often found around grazing animals