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 egretta syn. Herodias egretta ); the great egret ( Ardea alba ); the little egret ( Ardea garzetta ), of Europe; and the American snowy egret ( Ardea candidissima ).
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