noun. Any of several usually white herons of the genera Ardea, Bubulcus, and Egretta, characteristically having long, showy plumes during the breeding season.

noun. A name common to those species of herons which have long, loose-webbed plumes, forming tufts on the head and neck, or a flowing train from the back.

noun. A heron's plume.

noun. A topknot, plume, or bunch of long feathers upon the head of a bird; a plumicorn: as, the egrets of an owl.

noun. Same as aigret, 2.

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

noun. A monkey, Macacus cynomolgus, an East Indian species commonly seen in confinement.

noun. 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).

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

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

noun. A kind of ape.

noun. Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season.

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

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

noun. A kind of ape with a plume on the head.

noun. any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season

"It was a mark of beauty in Lambanein to have what they called an egret’s neck; the arthygater didn’t possess one, so she exaggerated it by other means."

cattle egret  great white egret  heron  little white egret  reddish egrets  

heron  

American egret  bubulcus ibis  casmerodius albus  cattle egret  egretta albus  

altar-cloth  axisymmetric  bath-robe  bird of paradise  bustard  

aigrette