egret
English Thesaurus
1. any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | heron, |
| definition | : | grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | egretta thula, snowy egret, snowy heron, |
| definition | : | small New World egret (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | egretta garzetta, little egret, |
| definition | : | Old World egret (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | casmerodius albus, great white heron, |
| definition | : | widely distributed Old World white egret (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | american egret, egretta albus, great white heron, |
| definition | : | a common egret of the genus Egretta found in America; it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | bubulcus ibis, cattle egret, |
| definition | : | small white egret widely distributed in warm regions often found around grazing animals (noun.animal) |
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