"little egret" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: little egrets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} little egret (plural little egrets)
  1. A species of egret, Egretta garzetta, family Ardeidae, widely distributed throughout the Old World, the Caribbean, and Eastern North America. Categories (lifeform): Herons Translations (bird): martinet blanc [masculine] (Catalan), garseta blanca [Valencia, feminine] (Catalan), garsa blanca (Balearics) [feminine] (Catalan), 白鷺 (Chinese Mandarin), 白鹭 (báilù) (Chinese Mandarin), kleine zilverreiger (Dutch), silkkihaikara (Finnish), aigrette garzette [feminine] (French), Seidenreiher [masculine] (German), λευκοτσικνιάς (lefkotsikniás) [masculine] (Greek), garzetta [feminine] (Italian), 쇠백로 (soebaengno) (Korean), agrett abjad [masculine] (Maltese), toohjįʼ ndiigaii yázhí (Navajo), ма́лая бе́лая ца́пля (málaja bélaja cáplja) [feminine] (Russian), garceta común [feminine] (Spanish), silkeshäger [common-gender] (Swedish), crëyr bach [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "bird",
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