| 单词 | white egret |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite egret white egret n. any of various egrets or herons (or colour morphs of them) characterized by white plumage; cf. white heron n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > member of genus Egretta (miscellaneous) > egretta alba (great egret) white heron1575 snowy heron1785 white egret1828 kotuku1846 1828 G. F. Lyon Jrnl. Resid. & Tour Mexico II. viii. 53 The beautiful white egrets abound; and ducks, grebes, [etc.]. 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 267 Genus Ardea Linnæus... Great White Egret, White Heron... Egretta... Little White Egret, Snowy Heron... Candidissima. 1957 D. A. Bannerman Birds Brit. Isles VI. 68 The great white egret..is in habit more like the grey heron and the purple heron and less like the egrets. 2009 Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 30 Jan. 29 The cattle, accompanied by white egrets, were grazing the grass on the track and had to be shooed away. < as lemmas |
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