snowy egret
nounDefinition of snowy egret
: a white American egret (Egretta thula) having a slender black bill, black legs, and yellow feet
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Hello, snowy egrets, and welcome to another edition of This Week in Timothée Chalamet. — Cady Drell, Marie Claire, "This Week in Timothée Chalamet, Week of April 5," 5 Apr. 2019 Two islands off the Milford and Westbrook shorelines have been closed to the public to protect key nesting habitat for snowy egrets, great egrets, glossy ibis and little blue herons, state environmental officials announced Wednesday. — Gregory B. Hladky, courant.com, "Islands Off Milford, Westbrook Closed To Protect Nesting Birds," 23 May 2018 New arrivals included one rusty blackbird, two snowy egrets, and 18 northern shovelers. — BostonGlobe.com, "Bird sightings in Massachusetts," 21 Apr. 2018 Visitors may spot snowy egrets, great blue herons, banded cormorants, wood storks, black vultures and anhingas – a.k.a. — Dewayne Bevil, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Gatorland becomes bird land, and photographers flock there," 7 Apr. 2018 Little blue herons and snowy egrets were up 62 and 54 percent. — Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald, "Record rain led to bonanza year for Florida’s wading birds. Just not in the right places | Miami Herald," 29 Mar. 2018 Hello, snowy egrets, and welcome to another edition of This Week in Timothée Chalamet. — Cady Drell, Marie Claire, "This Week in Timothée Chalamet, Week of April 5," 5 Apr. 2019 The back of the Cumberland Island 25-cent piece shows a snowy egret about to take flight amid the island’s celebrated salt marshes. — Ben Nadler, The Seattle Times, "US Mint rolls out quarter honoring Georgia barrier island," 3 Sep. 2018 New arrivals included one rusty blackbird, two snowy egrets, and 18 northern shovelers. — BostonGlobe.com, "Bird sightings in Massachusetts," 21 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'snowy egret.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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