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Meaning of egrets

- The name of several species of herons which bear plumes on the back. They are generally white. Among the best known species are the American egret (Ardea, / Herodias, egretta); the great egret (A. alba); the little egret (A. garzetta), of Europe; and the American snowy egret (A. candidissima).
- A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette.
- The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the down of the thistle.
- A kind of ape.

Crossword clue for egrets

- a bird
- A waterbird
- Bird observed in backwater, generally
- Heron
- Heron-like bird
- Kind of heron
- Long plumed wader
- Long-legged bird
- Regret losing head over heron
- Regret losing head over water bird
- Wader that maybe white faced or the giant blue
- Wading bird
- Water bird
- White heron
- White wading bird
- Birds
- Gets off roundabout to see birds
- Heron-like birds
- Herons
- Herons with mainly white plumage
- Lesser white herons
- Regret stealing some birds
- Somehow greets water birds
- Types of herons
- Wading birds
- White herons