Definition of egret Egret

/ɛgɹʌt/ - [egrut] - e•gret

We found 11 definitions of egret from 5 different sources.

What does egret mean?

Noun Plural: egrets
egret - any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season
		heron grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill
		egretta thula, snowy egret, snowy heron small New World egret
		egretta garzetta, little egret Old World egret
		casmerodius albus, great white heron large white heron of Florida and the Florida Keys
		american egret, egretta albus, great white heron a common egret of the genus Egretta found in America; it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus

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egret (Noun)
Any of various wading bird s 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.
egret (Noun)
A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette.
egret (Noun)
The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, such as the down of the thistle.
egret (Noun)
A kind of ape with a plume on the head.

egret (n.)
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, / Herodias, egretta); the great egret (A. alba); the little egret (A. garzetta), of Europe; and the American snowy egret (A. candidissima).
egret (n.)
A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette.
egret (n.)
The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the down of the thistle.
egret (n.)
A kind of ape.

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