great egret

English

Great egret

Pronunciation

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Noun

great egret (plural great egrets)

1. A large, white egret, Ardea alba, found around the world.

   Synonyms: common egret, great white heron, great white egret, large egret

Derived terms

• eastern great egret

Translations

bird, Ardea alba

• Afrikaans: grootwitreier
• Armenian: սպիտակ մեծ տառեղ (spitak mec taṙeġ)
• Azerbaijani: iri ağ vağ
• Bashkir: ҙур аҡ селән (ður aq selän)
• Bengali: বড় বগা (boṛ boga)
• Bulgarian: голяма бяла чапла f (goljama bjala čapla), кракал m (krakal)
• Catalan: agró blanc m
• Chuvash: шур чарлан (šur č̬arlan)
• Circassian:

  East Circassian: псыхэуэхужь (psəxɛwɛxʷuź)

• Czech: volavka bílá (cs) f
• Danish: sølvhejre (da) c
• Dutch: zilverreiger (nl) m
• Esperanto: lertxuntxo handia
• Estonian: hõbehaigur
• Faroese: silvurhegri m
• Finnish: jalohaikara (fi)
• Friulian: airon blanc m
• Galician: garzota grande f
• Georgian: დიდი ოყარი (didi oq̇ari)
• German: Silberreiher (de) m
• Greek: αργυροτσικνιάς m (argyrotsikniás)
• Hungarian: nagy kócsag (hu)
• Icelandic: mjallhegri (is) m
• Indonesian: kuntul besar
• Irish: éigrit mhór f
• Italian: airone bianco maggiore (it) m
• Japanese: ダイサギ
• Kapampangan: tagak
• Kazakh: үлкен аққұтан (ülken aqqutan)
• Korean: 대백로 (daebaengno)
• Maltese: russett abjad m
• Māori: kōtuku
• Mapudungun: trula
• Navajo: toohjįʼ ndiigaiitsoh
• Persian: اگرت بزرگ
• Romanian: egretă mare f
• Russian: больша́я бе́лая ца́пля f (bolʹšája bélaja cáplja)
• Spanish: garza blanca f, garceta grande f
• Swedish: ägretthäger (sv) c
• Turkish: büyük ak balıkçıl (tr)
• Welsh: crëyr mawr gwyn m
• Ye'kwana: ajisha, ajissa

References

• great egret on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ardea alba on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Ardea alba on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• great egret at Avibase