Meanings
nouncattle egret (plural cattle egrets)
plural cattle egrets
- A small egret, Bubulcus ibis, of the heron family (Ardeidae)
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsmall white egret widely distributed in warm regions often found around grazing animals
Similar
Bubulcus ibis
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian биволска чапла
- биволска чапла (bivolska čapla)cattle egret
Catalan esplugabous
- esplugabouscattle egret
Chinese Mandarin 牛背鹭
- 牛背鹭cattle egret
Danish kohejre
- kohejrecattle egret
Dutch koereiger
- koereigercattle egret
Finnish lehmähaikara
- lehmähaikaracattle egret
French héron garde-bœufs
- héron garde-bœufscattle egret
German Kuhreiher
- Kuhreihercattle egret
Persian گاوچرانک
- گاوچرانک (gâvčerânak)cattle egret
Portuguese carraceiro
- carraceirocattle egret
Russian еги́петская ца́пля
- еги́петская ца́пля (jegípetskaja cáplja)cattle egret
Scottish Gaelic corra-bhàn chruidh
- corra-bhàn chruidhcattle egret
Spanish garcilla bueyera
- garcilla bueyeracattle egret
Swedish kohäger
- kohägercattle egret
Tagalog tagak kalabaw, talabong
- tagak kalabawcattle egret
- talabongcattle egret
- talaudcattle egret
Turkish sığır balıkçılı
- sığır balıkçılıcattle egret
Welsh crëyr y gwartheg
- crëyr y gwarthegcattle egret
Cite this entry
APA
cattle egret. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cattle%20egret
MLA
“cattle egret.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cattle%20egret. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cattle egret,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cattle%20egret.
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