Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun american_egret
1 sense of american egret
Sense 1
American egret, great white heron, Egretta albus -- (a common egret of the genus Egretta found in America; it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus)
=> egret -- (any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season)