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  • noun Plural form of egret.

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Examples

  • Potentially at risk, they said, are Gulf Coast oyster and shrimping industries, birds such as egrets and brown pelicans, marsh lands, sandy beaches and businesses dependent on coastal tourism.

    Coast Guard to set fire to oil leaking in the Gulf of Mexico 2010

  • In addition, birds such as egrets, ducks, and hawks use vernal pools as a seasonal source of food and water.

    Vernal pool 2010

  • Potentially at risk, they said, are Gulf Coast oyster and shrimping industries, birds such as egrets and brown pelicans, marsh lands, sandy beaches and businesses dependent on coastal tourism.

    Coast Guard to set fire to oil leaking in the Gulf of Mexico 2010

  • The number of beautiful fishing birds, such as egrets and cranes, and the succulent plants assuming most fantastical forms, gave to the scene an interest which it would not otherwise have possessed.

    Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

  • The number of beautiful fishing birds, such as egrets and cranes, and the succulent plants assuming most fantastical forms, gave to the scene an interest which it would not otherwise have possessed.

    Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

  • The virus causing the disease (referred to as brain fever in some of the endemic areas) normally circulates among certain domestic animals and birds such as egrets and herons, in the rice producing parts of South, South-East and East Asia.

    Chapter 5 1996

  • The number of beautiful fishing birds, such as egrets and cranes, and the succulent plants assuming most fantastical forms, gave to the scene an interest which it would not otherwise have possessed.

    Chapter II 1909

  • The number of beautiful fishing birds, such as egrets and cranes, and the succulent plants assuming most fantastical forms, gave to the scene an interest which it would not otherwise have possessed.

    The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin 1845

  • Thousands of birds such as egrets and brown pelicans are nesting on barrier islands close to the rig's wreckage right now.

    phillyBurbs.com: Home RSS feed 2010

  • Thousands of birds such as egrets and brown pelicans are nesting on barrier islands close to the rig's wreckage right now.

    phillyBurbs.com: Home RSS feed 2010

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