cattle egret

noun

an egret, Bubulcus ibis, cosmopolitan in warmer regions, often associating with grazing animals for the insects that hover around them.

Origin of cattle egret

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First recorded in 1900–05

Words Nearby cattle egret

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How to use cattle egret in a sentence

The bird-catchers spend six weeks every year in obtaining cattle-egret plumes in this manner.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India | Douglas Dewar
If it were as showy as the cattle egret its intended victims would “see it coming” and mock at it.
Glimpses of Indian Birds | Douglas Dewar

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