egret Definition
egret (ē′gret′, -grit; eg′rit)
egret Usage Examples
Converse of object
- see: After lunch some of the group went swimming whilst others walked the grounds seeing only Cattle Egrets and Cuban Crows.
- include: May records included a Little Egret seen on the 10th and two Egyptian Geese were seen on the 27th.
- have: We also now have resident little egrets, these birds were unusual summer visitors from southern Europe until recent years.
- feed: Here a cattle egret fed at a corpse, catching hatching flies.
- roost: In the evening we again had dinner at the restaurant accompanied by roosting Cattle Egrets.
- fish: Five Little Egrets fished in the flooded Widewater Lagoon ( 1.59 meters ).
Preposition: in
field: On the way we saw a flock of six Cattle Egrets in a field.
Adjective modifier
- little: There were 16 Little Egrets at the Eastern end of the lake, plus 2 Great White Egrets.
- white: Great white Egrets walking in a street at Magic Kingdom with 200 people walking past just a few feet away from them.
- Chinese: The mud flats held a few Chinese Egrets, some close by.
- great: Great white Egrets walking in a street at Magic Kingdom with 200 people walking past just a few feet away from them.
- several: Whilst some people toured the world-famous Abbey Gardens, the rest were treated to a Ring-necked Duck, a Spoonbill and several Little Egrets.
- few: A few Cattle Egrets were seen flying off to their feeding grounds.
Modifies a noun
- forage: Gift shop offers medieval city of egrets forage at live in the.
- feather: The crown of rifle green cloth with figured ornament of special pattern Plume Black egret feathers with scarlet vulture feathers below.
- colony: The Night Heron and Cattle Egret colony here is also worthy of a mention.
Noun used with modifier
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