e·gret 
(ēgrĭt, ĕgrĭt)
(ēgrĭt, ĕgrĭt)n.
Any of several usually white herons of the genera Ardea, Bubulcus, and Egretta, characteristically having long, showy plumes during the breeding season.
[Middle English, from Old French aigrette, from Old Provençal aigreta, from aigron, heron, of Germanic origin.]
egretcattle egret, Bubulcus ibis, in breeding plumage