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    GENUS EGRETTA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small Old and New World heronsplay

    Synonyms:

    Egretta; genus Egretta

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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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