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cattle egret

noun

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cattle egret1

First recorded in 1900–05

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Example Sentences

The bird-catchers spend six weeks every year in obtaining cattle-egret plumes in this manner.

If it were as showy as the cattle egret its intended victims would “see it coming” and mock at it.

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