cattle egret

noun

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

Origin:
1900–05

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cattle egret
noun
small white egret widely distributed in warm regions often found around grazing animals

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