SNOWY EGRET

Meaning of SNOWY EGRET in English

a white egret, Egretta thula, of the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere: formerly hunted in great numbers for its plumes, the species is now protected and has recovered.

[ 1890-95, Amer. ]

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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 — 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 — White New World egret ( Egretta thula ; family Ardeidae). It is about 24 in. (60 cm) long and has …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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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