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egrets

egrets is the plural of egret.

Meaning of egret

Noun

egret (plural egrets)

  1. Any of various wading birds 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.
    • Egrets picked their way through the grass, attentive and showy as fussy girlfriends at the cows' sides.2011, Jesmyn Ward, Salvage the Bones, Bloomsbury (2017), page 64
  2. A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament.
    Synonyms:
    aigrette
  3. The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, such as the down of the thistle.
  4. (obsolete) The crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis)

Phrases with egrets

Questions about egrets

What is egrets the plural of?
Egrets is the plural of egret.

Words near egrets in the dictionary

  1. egressors
  2. egret
  3. egretlike
  4. egretries
  5. egretry
  6. egrets
  7. egrette
  8. egrettes
  9. Egriboz
  10. egrimonies
  11. egrimony

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