SNOWY EGRET

Meaning of SNOWY EGRET in English

White New World egret ( Egretta thula ; family Ardeidae).

It is about 24 in. (60 cm) long and has filmy recurved plumes on the back and head. Formerly hunted for its plumes, it ranges from the U.S. to Chile and Argentina.

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SNOWY EGRET — noun Date: 1859 a white American egret ( Egretta thula ) having a slender black bill, black legs, and yellow …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SNOWY EGRET — White New World egret ( Egretta thula ; family Ardeidae). It is about 24 in. (60 cm) long and has …
Английский словарь Британика
SNOWY EGRET — noun or snowy heron : a small white egret or heron ( Leucophoyx thula or Egretta thula ) that is …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SNOWY EGRET — a white egret, Egretta thula, of the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere: formerly hunted in great numbers for its …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SNOWY EGRET — Date: 1859 : a white American egret ( Egretta thula ) having a slender black bill, black legs, and yellow …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SNOWY EGRET — Function: noun Date: 1859 : a white American egret ( Egretta thula ) having a slender black bill, black legs, …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SNOWY EGRET — [snowy egret] n (1869): a white American egret (Egretta thula) having a slender black bill, black legs, and yellow feet
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SNOWY EGRET — белая американская цапля (Egretta thula)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
SNOWY EGRET — белая американская цапля ( Egretta thula )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
SNOWY — nivosi, nivatri
English interlingue dictionary
SNOWY — geographical name river 278 miles (447 kilometers ) SE Australia flowing from ~ Mountains to the Pacific in SE Victoria
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EGRET — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Old Occitan *aigreta, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German heigaro heron …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EGRET — Any of several species (mainly in the genus Egretta ) of wading birds in the same family (Ardeidae) as herons …
Английский словарь Британика
SNOWY — ˈsnōē, -ōi adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English snāwig, from snāw snow + -ig -y 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EGRET — ˈēgrə̇]t, ēˈgre], ˈegrə̇] also ˈēˌgre] or ə̇ˈgre], usu ]d.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French aigrette, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SNOWY — (a.) Fig.: Pure; unblemished; unstained; spotless.
Английский словарь Webster
SNOWY — (a.) Abounding with snow; covered with snow.
Английский словарь Webster
SNOWY — (a.) White like snow.
Английский словарь Webster
EGRET — (n.) A kind of ape.
Английский словарь Webster
EGRET — (n.) The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the down of the thistle.
Английский словарь Webster
EGRET — (n.) A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament; …
Английский словарь Webster
EGRET — (n.) The name of several species of herons which bear plumes on the back. They are generally white. Among the …
Английский словарь Webster
SNOWY — ( a. ) White like snow.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SNOWY — ( a. ) Fig.: Pure; unblemished; unstained; spotless.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SNOWY — ( a. ) Abounding with snow; covered with snow.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EGRET — ( n. ) The name of several species of herons which bear plumes on the back. They are generally white. …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EGRET — ( n. ) The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the down of the thistle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EGRET — ( n. ) A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EGRET — ( n. ) A kind of ape.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SNOWY — — snowily , adv. — snowiness , n. /snoh"ee/ , adj., snowier, snowiest . 1. abounding in or covered with …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EGRET — /ee"grit, eg"rit, ee gret", ee"gret/ , n. 1. any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SNOWY — adj. characterized by snow; covered in snow; pure as snow; white as snow
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
EGRET — n. heron (type of bird); heron feather
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SNOWY — river 278 miles (447 kilometers ) SE Australia flowing from Snowy Mountains to the Pacific in SE Victoria
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SNOWY — adjective ( snow·i·er ; -est ) Date: before 12th century 1. a. : composed of snow or melted snow b. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EGRET — i-ˈgret, ˈeg-rət noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Old Occitan * aigreta, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SNOWY — adj white like snow. 2. snowy ·adj abounding with snow; covered with snow. 3. snowy ·adj fig.: pure; unblemished; unstained; …
Webster English vocab
EGRET — noun a kind of ape. 2. egret ·noun the flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the …
Webster English vocab
EGRET — [ 'i:grɪt , 'ɛ- ] ■ noun a heron with mainly white plumage, having long plumes in the breeding season. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SNOWY — [snowy] adj snow.i.er ; -est (bef. 12c) 1 a: composed of snow or melted snow b: marked by or covered …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EGRET — [egret] n [ME, fr. MF aigrette, fr. OProv aigreta, of Gmc origin; akin to OHG heigaro heron] (14c): any of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EGRET — any member of several species of herons (family Ardeidae, order Ciconiiformes), especially members of the genus Egretta. Most egrets have …
Britannica English vocabulary
SNOWY — snow|y, Snowy BrE AmE ˈsnəʊ |i AmE ˈsnoʊ |i ▷ snow|ier i‿ə AmE i‿ ə r ▷ snow|iest i‿ɪst i‿əst …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
EGRET — egret BrE AmE ˈiːɡ rət -rɪt, -ret ˈeɡ-; iː ˈɡret, ɪ- ▷ egret|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SNOWY — / ˈsnəʊi; NAmE ˈsnoʊi/ adjective 1. [ usually before noun ] covered with snow : snowy fields 2. ( of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EGRET — / ˈiːgrət; NAmE / noun a bird of the heron family, with long legs and long white tail feathers •• …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SNOWY — snow ‧ y /ˈsnəʊi $ ˈsnoʊi/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . with a lot of snow: the snowy fields one …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EGRET — e ‧ gret /ˈiːɡrət, ˈiːɡrɪt, -et/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Anglo-French ; Origin: aigrette ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SNOWY — adj. (snowier, snowiest) 1 of or like snow. 2 (of the weather etc.) with much snow. øsnowy owl a large …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EGRET — n. any of various herons of the genus Egretta or Bulbulcus, usu. having long white feathers in the breeding season. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SNOWY — adj. (snowier, snowiest) 1 of or like snow. 2 (of the weather etc.) with much snow. snowy owl a large …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EGRET — n. any of various herons of the genus Egretta or Bulbulcus, usu. having long white feathers in the breeding season. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SNOWY — adj. (snowier, snowiest) 1. of or like snow. 2 (of the weather etc.) with much snow. Phrases and idioms: snowy …
Oxford English vocab
EGRET — n. any of various herons of the genus Egretta or Bulbulcus, usu. having long white feathers in the breeding season. …
Oxford English vocab
SNOWY — ( snowier, snowiest) A snowy place is covered in snow. A snowy day is a day when a lot of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SNOWY — (snowier, snowiest) A ~ place is covered in snow. A ~ day is a day when a lot of snow …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SNOWY — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a snowy/snow-capped peak ▪ The snow-capped peaks of the Sorondo mountain range provide a dramatic …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EGRET — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Among the feathered residents are flamingos, toucans, kookaburras, egrets, brown pelicans, hornbills and trumpeter swans. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EGRET — n. Any of several species (mainly in the genus Egretta ) of wading birds in the same family (Ardeidae) as …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SNOWY — adj. Snowy is used with these nouns: ↑ field , ↑ ground , ↑ hill , ↑ morning , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
EGRET — greet
Anagrams English vocabulary
SNOWY — прил. 1) снежный, покрытый снегом 2) белоснежный Syn : snow-white покрытый снегом - * mountains (tops) снежные горы (вершины) - …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EGRET — сущ. 1) белая цапля 2) эгрет(ка) 3) головка одуванчика, чертополоха; [см. тж. aigrette ] белая цапля плюмаж, султан; эгрет, эгретка …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SNOWY — snowy.ogg ʹsnəʋı a 1. покрытый снегом snowy mountains tops - снежные горы вершины snowy valley - заснеженная долина 2. снежный, …
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