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Definition of Egretta
1. Noun. Small Old and New World herons.
Exact synonyms: Genus Egretta
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Ardeidae, Family Ardeidae
Member holonyms: Egretta Caerulea, Little Blue Heron, Egretta Thula, Snowy Egret, Snowy Heron, Egretta Garzetta, Little Egret, Casmerodius Albus, Great White Heron, American Egret, Egretta Albus, Great White Heron
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Ardeidae, Family Ardeidae
Member holonyms: Egretta Caerulea, Little Blue Heron, Egretta Thula, Snowy Egret, Snowy Heron, Egretta Garzetta, Little Egret, Casmerodius Albus, Great White Heron, American Egret, Egretta Albus, Great White Heron
Lexicographical Neighbors of Egretta
Literary usage of Egretta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland: Parts 1-4 by William Jardine (1866)
"egretta garzetta. PLATE IV. Ardea garzetta, Linn Heron garzette, Temm.—The Little
Egret or Egret Heron, Selby and Yarrell. THE close alliance of the Egrets, ..."
2. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"Type, by subs. desig., Ardea egretta GMELIN (Gray, 1855. ... egretta
candidissima (GMELIN). RANGE.— South America and North America north nearly to
northern ..."
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