genus egretta

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   small Old and New World herons

   SynonymsEgretta

   Broaderbird genus

   Part ofArdeidae

Questions about genus egretta

What does genus egretta mean?

genus egretta means "small Old and New World herons".

What is another word for genus egretta?

Close synonyms include Egretta. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus egretta a common word?

genus egretta is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.