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CATTLE EGRET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cattle egret mean?
• CATTLE EGRET (noun)
The noun CATTLE EGRET has 1 sense:
1. small white egret widely distributed in warm regions often found around grazing animals
Familiarity information: CATTLE EGRET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small white egret widely distributed in warm regions often found around grazing animals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Bubulcus ibis; cattle egret
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)
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