great white heron

Questions about great white heron

What does great white heron mean?

great white heron means "a common egret of the genus Egretta found in America; it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for great white heron?

Close synonyms include American egret, Egretta albus, Casmerodius albus, Ardea occidentalis. 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 great white heron a common word?

great white heron is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.