common egret

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• egret — /ee grit, eg rit, ee gret , ee gret/, n. 1. any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret), of the Old World. 2. aigrette. [1400 50; late ME egret(e) < AF egret… …   Universalium

• Great Egret — For the similar Australasian species, see Eastern Great Egret. For the short story by Sarah Orne Jewett, see A White Heron. Great Egret Adult in nonbreeding plumage Conserva …   Wikipedia

• American egret — noun a common egret of the genus Egretta found in America; it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus • Syn: ↑great white heron, ↑Egretta albus • Hypernyms: ↑egret • Member Holonyms: ↑Egretta, ↑genus Egretta …   Useful english dictionary

• Cattle Egret — Taxobox name = Cattle Egret status = LC status system = iucn3.1 status ref = IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=49588|title=Bubulcus ibis|downloaded=12 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of… …   Wikipedia

• Little Egret — Taxobox name = Little Egret status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 status ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=49572|title=Egretta garzetta|downloaded=12 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species… …   Wikipedia

• cattle egret — cat′tle e′gret n. orn a small egret of pastures and roadsides, Bubulcus ibis, orig. of Eurasia and Africa and now common in the New World …   From formal English to slang

• cattle egret — /kætl ˈigrət/ (say katl eegruht) noun a common, widespread, small egret, Ardea ibis, all white but obtaining rusty plumage in the breeding season, found in pastures, often among stock; on all continents except Antarctica …  

• great white heron — noun 1. a common egret of the genus Egretta found in America; it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus • Syn: ↑American egret, ↑Egretta albus • Hypernyms: ↑egret • Member Holonyms: ↑Egretta, ↑genus Egretta …   Useful english dictionary

• Egretta albus — noun a common egret of the genus Egretta found in America; it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus • Syn: ↑American egret, ↑great white heron • Hypernyms: ↑egret • Member Holonyms: ↑Egretta, ↑genus Egretta …   Useful english dictionary

• Sabine National Wildlife Refuge — Infobox Protected area name = Sabine National Wildlife Refuge iucn category = IV caption = Map of the United States base width = locator x = 158 locator y = 147 location = Cameron Parish, Louisiana nearest city = Hackberry, Louisiana coords =… …   Wikipedia

• Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge — The Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge is a 5,484 acre (22 km²) wildlife refuge in Crittenden County, Arkansas, managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1961 from land acquired… …   Wikipedia