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Egret [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The lesser white heron, a fowl of the genus Ardea; an elegant fowl with a white body and a crest on the head.

2. In botany, the flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds, as the down of the thistle.

Egret [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. 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, / Herodias, egretta); the great egret (A. alba); the little egret (A. garzetta), of Europe; and the American snowy egret (A. candidissima).

2. A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette.

3. The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the down of the thistle.

4. A kind of ape.

Egret Encyclopedia Britannica

EGRET. See Heron.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 7, p. 699
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Egrette [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Same as Egret, n., 2.