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Definition: Egret |
EgretNoun1. Any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Note: Egret \E"gret\, noun. [See Aigret, Heron.]. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Egrets Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Ciconiiformes Family: Ardeidae Genera: Egretta
ArdeaAn egret is any of several herons, most of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season. Many egrets are members of the genera Egretta or Ardea which contain other species regarded as herons rather than egrets. The distinction between a heron and an egret is rather vague and depends more on appearance than biology.
Several of the egrets have been moved around from one genus to another in recent years: the Little Egret, for example, was traditionally classified as a member of Egretta, moved to Ardea, and then moved back again. The Cattle Egret was the sole member of Bubulcus but is now Ardea ibis, and so on. Common names are often a more reliable guide to egret identification.
In the 19th and early part of the 20th century, most of the world's egret species were brought to the brink of extinction by relentless hunting. Hat makers in Europe and the United States demanded massive numbers of egret plumes and breeding birds were massacred in locations all around the world.
Great Egret.
Larger version
- FAMILY Ardeidae
- (many other members not regarded as egrets)
- Great Egret or Great White Egret, Ardea alba
- Intermediate Egret, Ardea intermedia
- Swinhoe's Egret, Ardea eulophotes
- Cattle Egret, Ardea ibis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eastern Reef Egret, Egretta sacra
- Snowy Egret, Egretta thula
- Reddish Egret, Egretta rufescens
- Slaty Egret, Egretta vinaceigula
- Chinese Egret, Egretta eulophotes
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Egret."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
EGRET | English | Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: Egret |
| English words defined with "egret": aigret, aigrette, American egret ♦ Bubulcus ibis ♦ Casmerodius albus, cattle egret ♦ Egretta albus, Egretta garzetta, Egretta thula, Egrette ♦ great white heron ♦ little egret ♦ snowy egret, snowy heron. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | A Great Blue Heron and a Snowy Egret sharing a Patuxent River marsh area on a glorious fall day. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | An egret fishing in a tidal pond. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | A Great Egret, Casmerodius albus, preens in a tree on an island in Tampa Bay. Great Egrets are another species of bird that become entangled in discarded fishing line in their roosting habitat. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve. Great egret wades the marsh in search of food. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
 | North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve. A Great Egret and Common Egrets. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Common egret in grassy area near rice field in Northern California. Credit: Gary Kramer. |
 | Snowy egret in the prairie pothole region of South Dakota. Credit: Don Poggensee. |  | Great Egret relaxing at Ferguson Lake. Credit: Susanna Henry. |
 | Snowy Egret with its reflection in the Gila River. Credit: Bill Grossi. |  | Great Egret. Credit: Alaska Image Library. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Bird egret white 1" by Susan Tilley Commentary: "Bird egret white standing at duck pond." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| "Egret" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 68.75% of the time. "Egret" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 68.75% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (proper) | 18.75% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 12.5% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 16 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "egret": american egret ♦ cattle egret ♦ little egret ♦ snowy egret. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
egret | 147 |
snowy egret | 28 |
great egret | 27 |
cattle egret | 14 |
egret picture | 10 |
egret boat | 7 |
egret bird | 6 |
egret farm white | 6 |
egret photo | 4 |
egret great white | 4 |
white egret | 4 |
egret landing | 3 |
reddish egret | 3 |
little egret | 3 |
egret great picture | 2 |
egret kayak old town | 2 |
egret landing.com | 2 |
cattle egret picture | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "egret"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | gatë (heron), çafkë (gull, heron). (various references) | |
Arabic | البلشون الأبيض. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | егрета (aigrette, plume), бяла чапла, бели пера от чапла. (various references) | |
Danish | soelvhejre (great white egret, great white heron). (various references) | |
Dutch | grote zilverreiger (great white egret, great white heron). (various references) | |
Farsi | مرغ ماهیخوارسفید(ج.ش.), حواصیل (Heron). (various references) | |
French | mesophoyx intermedius (yellow-billed egret), grande aigrette (great white egret), aigrette moyenne (yellow-billed egret). (various references) | |
German | Reiherfeder (aigrette). (various references) | |
Greek | ερωδιόσ (heron). (various references) | |
Hebrew | אנפה (bittern, heron). (various references) | |
Hungarian | nemes kócsag, kócsagtoll (osprey). (various references) | |
Indonesian | bangau (heron, white egret). (various references) | |
Italian | mesophoyx intermedius (mesophoyx intermedius, yellow-billed egret), garzetta intermedia (mesophoyx intermedius, yellow-billed egret), airone bianco maggiore (great white egret, great white heron). (various references) | |
Manx | coar vane (aigrette, stork, white stork). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | egretay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | pluma (crest, feather, plume), penacho (aigrette, crest, panache, topknot, tuft), pena (crowquill, feather, grief, mercy, nib, pain, pen, penalty, penholder, pity, plume, punishment, rue, ruth, sanction, sentence, stretch, suffering, sympathy, trouble), garça (heron). (various references) | |
Romanian | egretã (aigret, aigrette, tuft). (various references) | |
Russian | белая цапля (aigrette). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | bela čaplja. (various references) | |
Shona | fudzamombe. (various references) | |
Spanish | garceta (aigrette). (various references) | |
Swedish | ägretthäger. (various references) | |
Thai | นกกระยางชนิดหนึ่ง. (various references) | |
Turkish | sorguç (aigrette, comb, crest, hood, osprey, panache, topknot, tuft), kuş tepeliği, akbalıkçıl (aigrette). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | біла чапля. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "egret": egrets. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "egret": regret. (additional references) | |
Words containing "egret": allegretto, allegrettos, regretful, regretfully, regretfulness, regretfulnesses, regrets, regrettable, regrettably, regretted, regretter, regretters, regretting. (additional references) | |
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"Egret" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: agert, agreet, degret, Edgren, edret, eegre, eerit, egert, Egertro, eget, Egeth, Egfrid, egglet, eggre, eglet, Egorov, egort, egray, Egretta, egrew, egrex, egrey, egrim, egrit, egryt, eigre, emgre, eprit, eregt, ereht, erete, Ergay, erge, Ergel, ergent, ergret, ergyt, erhebt, erit, Erte, esgre, evret, geert, gret, grett, Hegerty, Herget, Izgrev, Megert, Negret, Negrete, segreti, Segreto. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: greet. | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-g-r-t" | |
-1 letter: eger, gree, rete, tree. | |
-2 letters: ere, erg, gee, get, ree, reg, ret, tee, teg. | |
-3 letters: er, et, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-g-r-t" | |
+1 letter: egrets, ergate, gerent, getter, greets, regent, reglet, regret. | |
+2 letters: cortege, deterge, ergates, etagere, gentler, gerents, gesture, getters, grantee, greaten, greater, greenth, greeted, greeter, greyest, gumtree, integer, negater, protege, reagent, regents, reglets, regrate, regreet, regrets, restage, tergite, treeing, wergelt. | |
+3 letters: absterge, aigrette, begetter, bregmate, budgeter, corteges, derogate, deterged, deterger, deterges, digester, eagerest, eglatere, emergent, emigrate, entering, erecting, ergative, estrange, estrogen, etageres, everting, exerting, fidgeter, figeater, gamester, gartered, gathered, gatherer, generate, geniture, gentrice, gentries, geometer, geometry, germiest, gestured, gesturer, gestures, gettered, gleetier, gorgeted, grantees, gratinee, greatens, greatest, greenest, greenlet, greenths, greeters, greeting, grisette, gumtrees, guttered, heritage, integers, interage, legerity, meterage, metering, negaters, pargeted, petering, prestige, protegee, proteges, reagents, redigest, reesting, regather, regelate, regental, regiment, register, regrated, regrates, regreets, regulate, reignite, relegate, restaged, restages, retagged, retarget, roentgen, sergeant, steerage, steering, targeted, teenager, telegram, tergites, tigereye, together, waterage, weighter, wergelts. | |
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