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noun

Egret n.

(Zoöl.) 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 egretta syn. Herodias egretta); the great egret (Ardea alba); the little egret (Ardea garzetta), of Europe; and the American snowy egret (Ardea candidissima). "A bunch of egrets killed for their plumage."

A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette.

(Bot.) The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the down of the thistle.

(Zoöl.) A kind of ape.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Egret" Quotes from Famous Books

... velvet seat of the boot and shoe department, a lady, with an egret in her hat, was stretching out a slim silk-stockinged foot, waiting for a boot. She looked with negligent amusement at this common little girl and her singular companion. This look of hers seemed to affect the women serving, for none came ...

— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy

... seemed greatly pleased. Lifting the big black tail he showed me the white soft feathers beneath, and by many signs appeared to indicate that these feathers were of great value. Then I looked again, and it was a marabou stork. My boy, who had been with marabou and egret poachers in the swamps and rice-fields of the lower Rufigi, knew the ...

— Sketches of the East Africa Campaign • Robert Valentine Dolbey

Words linked to "Egret" : Egretta thula, little egret, Casmerodius albus, Egretta garzetta, snowy egret, heron, snowy heron, great white heron, Egretta albus, Bubulcus ibis