different between egret vs egretlike

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman egret, aigrette (“egret”), from Old Occitan aigreta, diminutive of aigron (“heron”), from Medieval Latin hairo, from Frankish *haigro (“heron”). Cognate with Old High German heigaro (“heron”), Old English hr?gra (“heron”). Doublet of aigrette. More at heron.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i.???t/

Noun

egret (plural egrets)

1. Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season.
2. A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament.

   Synonym: aigrette

3. (botany) The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, such as the down of the thistle.
4. (obsolete) The crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis)

Translations

Derived terms

• common egret
• great egret
• large egret

Related terms

• aigrette

See also

• heron

Further reading

• egret on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Geter, greet, reget

English

Etymology

egret +? -like

Adjective

egretlike (comparative more egretlike, superlative most egretlike)

1. (rare) Resembling an egret or some aspect of one.