EGRET
\ˈiːɡɹət], \ˈiːɡɹət], \ˈiː_ɡ_ɹ_ə_t]\
Definitions of EGRET
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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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The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the down of the thistle.
By Oddity Software
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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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The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the down of the thistle.
By Noah Webster.
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A kind of heron or wading bird with long neck and legs; a heron's plume, or the aigrette of commerce. Also, aigret, aigrette.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald