Word Finder - egret

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Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season.

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

synonyms

• aigrette

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The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, such as the down of the thistle.

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The crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis)

In addition, numerous pelican, egret, and blue heron sightings occur during the summer months.

Birds are very numerous; they include various eagles, several kinds of heron, the egret, the marabout, the crane and the pelican; turacos or plantain-eaters, are common, as are other brilliantly plumaged birds.

The Little Egret foraged in the shallow pools between the mussel beds with a solitary Redshank.

Among these are the large white crane and small crane, the blue heron, the snowy-white egret, the roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja), stork, bittern and many species of ducks.

There were also many Yellow Wagtails feeding around the grazing cattle, plus one Little Egret.

The sixth grade, for civilians an egret, for the military a tiger-cat with a mother-of-pearl clasp. The seventh grade, for civilians a mandarin duck, for the military a mottled bear with a silver clasp. The eighth grade, for civilians a quail, for the military a seal with a clear horn clasp. The ninth grade, for civilians a long-tailed jay, for the military a rhinoceros with a buffalo-horn clasp.

May records included a Little egret seen on the 10th and two Egyptian Geese were seen on the 27th.

Here a cattle egret fed at a corpse, catching hatching flies.

The Little Egret foraged in the shallow pools between the mussel beds with a solitary redshank.