Definition of Egretta garzetta

1. Noun. Old World egret.

Exact synonyms: Little Egret
Generic synonyms: Egret
Group relationships: Egretta, Genus Egretta

Lexicographical Neighbors of Egretta Garzetta

Eftychia
Egadi Islands
Egaleo
Egbert
Egean
Egeria
Egeria densa
Egger's line
Eggleston method
Egipte
Eglis' glands
Egretta
Egretta albus
Egretta caerulea
Egretta garzetta (current term)
Egretta thula
Egypt
Egyptian
Egyptian Arabic
Egyptian Empire
Egyptian Islamic Jihad
Egyptian Mau
Egyptian Maus
Egyptian bean
Egyptian capital
Egyptian cat
Egyptian cobra
Egyptian corn
Egyptian cotton

Literary usage of Egretta garzetta

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland: Parts 1-4 by William Jardine (1866)
"Egretta garzetta. PLATE IV. Ardea garzetta, Linn Heron garzette, Temm.—The Little Egret or Egret Heron, Selby and Yarrell. THE close alliance of the Egrets, ..."

2. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1907)
"Steere appears to be only person to have recorded this species for Bohol. Egretta garzetta (Linn.). ..."

3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"... heron,” Hernshaw may signify the heron of the thicket (Ardea cinerea) in opposition to the heron of the marsh (Ardeola minuta, or Egretta garzetta. ..."

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