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egretta
(wn) | Egretta
n 1: small Old and New World herons [syn: Egretta, {genus
Egretta}] |
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regrettable
(encz) | regrettable,politováníhodný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
regrettably
(encz) | regrettably,bohužel |
Ardea egretta
(gcide) | Egret \E"gret\, n. [See Aigret, Heron.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) 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
egretta} syn. Herodias egretta); the great egret ({Ardea
alba}); the little egret (Ardea garzetta), of Europe;
and the American snowy egret (Ardea candidissima).
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A bunch of egrets killed for their plumage. --G. W.
Cable.
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2. A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress,
or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette.
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3. (Bot.) The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or
achenes, as the down of the thistle.
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4. (Zo["o]l.) A kind of ape.
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Herodias egretta
(gcide) | Egret \E"gret\, n. [See Aigret, Heron.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) 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
egretta} syn. Herodias egretta); the great egret ({Ardea
alba}); the little egret (Ardea garzetta), of Europe;
and the American snowy egret (Ardea candidissima).
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A bunch of egrets killed for their plumage. --G. W.
Cable.
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2. A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress,
or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette.
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3. (Bot.) The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or
achenes, as the down of the thistle.
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4. (Zo["o]l.) A kind of ape.
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egretta albus
(wn) | Egretta albus
n 1: a common egret of the genus Egretta found in America; it is
a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus
[syn: American egret, great white heron, {Egretta
albus}] |
egretta caerulea
(wn) | Egretta caerulea
n 1: small bluish-grey heron of the western hemisphere [syn:
little blue heron, Egretta caerulea] |
egretta garzetta
(wn) | Egretta garzetta
n 1: Old World egret [syn: little egret, Egretta garzetta] |
egretta thula
(wn) | Egretta thula
n 1: small New World egret [syn: snowy egret, snowy heron,
Egretta thula] |
genus egretta
(wn) | genus Egretta
n 1: small Old and New World herons [syn: Egretta, {genus
Egretta}] |
regrettable
(wn) | regrettable
adj 1: deserving regret; "regrettable remarks"; "it's
regrettable that she didn't go to college"; "it's too bad
he had no feeling himself for church" [syn:
regrettable, too bad] |
regrettably
(wn) | regrettably
adv 1: by bad luck; "unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I
cannot stay" [syn: unfortunately, unluckily,
regrettably, alas] [ant: as luck would have it,
fortuitously, fortunately, luckily] |
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