Egret

['iːgrɪt;'e-] or ['igrət]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season.

校對:托妮--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(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).

(n.) A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette.

(n.) The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the down of the thistle.

(n.) A kind of ape.

整理:罗拉

解釋/意思:

n. a form of aigrette.

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