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Egret : (noun)
1: any of various usually white herons having long plumes
during breeding season
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Egret : \E"gret\, n. [See Aigret, Heron.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The name of several species of herons which
bear plumes on the back. They are generally white. Among
the best known species are the American egret ({Ardea, or
Herodias, egretta); the great egret ({A. alba}); the
little egret ({A. garzetta), of Europe; and the American
snowy egret ({A. candidissima).
A bunch of egrets killed for their plumage. --G. W.
Cable.
2. A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress,
or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette.
3. (Bot.) The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or
achenes, as the down of the thistle.
4. (Zo["o]l.) A kind of ape.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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