Crossword-Solution: EGRET
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Egret | n. | 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). |
| Egret | n. | A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette. |
| Egret | n. | The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the down of the thistle. |
| Egret | n. | A kind of ape. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| EGRET | anagram | GETER, GREET, GRETE, REGET |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
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Sentences with EGRET (5)
Southern types, like the Florida egret, ventured even so far north, and it was a stopping place for migrating birds, notably woodcock, on their northern and southern journeys.
His rose-pink pugree, with the egret and the diamond brooch to hold the egret in its place--his jeweled sabre--his swaggering, almost ruffianly air--were no more meant to escape attention than his charger that clattered and kicked among the crowd, or his following, who cleared a way for him with the butt ends of their lances.
There was a sickening sound, as something hard swished and whicked home; her pony reeled from the shock of a horse's shoulder, and--none too gently--none too modestly--the prince with the egret and the handsome face reined in on his horse's haunches and saluted her.
Among the women (ladies) on either side of and before me there were no fewer than five wearing aigrettes of egret and bird-of-paradise plumes in their hats or bonnets, and these five all remained to take part in that ceremony of eating bread and drinking wine in remembrance of an event supposed to be of importance to their souls, here and hereafter.
Eddy Robin Frightened Bird Mother Bird feeding Little One The Goldfinch Sparrows A Wintry Day The Farmer's Friend Head-piece to "The Cost of a Hat" The Snowy Heron Egret Plumes Sea-gulls Birds on Fence A Band of Mercy.
Quotes with EGRET (2)
Every creature on earth returns to home. It is ironic that we have made wildlife refuges for ibis, pelican, egret, wolf, crane, deer, mouse, moose, and bear, but not for ourselves in the places we live day after day. We understand that the loss of habitat is the most disastrous event that can occur to a free creauture. We fervently point out how other creatures' natural territories have become surrounded by cities, ranches, highways, noise, and other dissonance, as though we …
An orchard can grow pastured poultry underneath. A beef cattle or sheep farm can run pastured poultry behind the herbivores, like the egret on the rhino's nose.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, Daily Beast, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, S&S, Slate, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 1,023 times in crossword archives (1942–2025).