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Definition of Great white heron

1. Noun. A common egret of the genus Egretta found in America; it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus.

2. Noun. Widely distributed Old World white egret.

3. Noun. Large white heron of Florida and the Florida Keys.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Great White Heron

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great uncles great unwashed great vein of Galen great vessels great white heron (current term) great white hope great white shark great white sharks great year great yellow gentian

great yellowcress greatcoat greatcoated greatcoats greate greaten greatened greatening greatens

Literary usage of Great white heron

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of British Birds by Thomas Bewick, Ralph Beilby, Henry Cotes (1816)
"THE great white heron. (Ardea alba, Lin.—Le Heron blanc, Buff.) THE great white Heron is of nearly the same bulk as the common Heron, but its legs are ..."

2. The Birds of Jamaica: Being a History of the Bird, Its Structure, and Habits by Philip Henry Gosse, Alfred Edmund Brehm, Richard Hill (1874)
"... I. THE great white heron (Egretta alba). " The moping Heron, motionless and stiff, That on a stone, as silently and stilly, Stood, an apparent sentinel, ..."

3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1917)
"The great white heron of the Keys is so entirely different in its habits and ... The great white heron is of more social habits than the Blue Heron. ..."

4. A history of British birds by Francis Orpen Morris (1855)
"THE great white heron is, or has been, found in various parts of Europe occasionally, namely, in Germany, France, Turkey, Hungary, Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, ..."

5. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1920)
"birds and brown pelicans, a great white heron, a Louisiana heron, and some Florida cormorants were resting on the water, and a flock of white-bellied ..."

6. A History of British Birds by William Yarrell, Alfred Newton, Howard Saunders (1884)
"THE great white heron can only be considered as a very rare and accidental visitor. Latham, in his ' General History of Birds,' refers to one example said ..."

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