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CATTLE EGRET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small white egret widely distributed in warm regions often found around grazing animals
Synonyms:
Bubulcus ibis; cattle egret
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cattle egret" is a kind of...):
egret (any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season)
Holonyms ("cattle egret" is a member of...):
Bubulcus; genus Bubulcus (small white egrets)