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GENUS EGRETTA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small Old and New World herons
Synonyms:
Egretta; genus Egretta
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Egretta" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Egretta"):
Egretta caerulea; little blue heron (small bluish-grey heron of the western hemisphere)
Egretta thula; snowy egret; snowy heron (small New World egret)
Egretta garzetta; little egret (Old World egret)
Casmerodius albus; great white heron (widely distributed Old World white egret)
American egret; Egretta albus; great white heron (a common egret of the genus Egretta found in America; it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus)
Holonyms ("genus Egretta" is a member of...):
Ardeidae; family Ardeidae (herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns)
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