GENUS EGRETTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Egretta mean? 

• GENUS EGRETTA (noun)
  The noun GENUS EGRETTA has 1 sense:

1. small Old and New World herons

  Familiarity information: GENUS EGRETTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS EGRETTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small Old and New World herons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Egretta; genus Egretta

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)