Meanings
noungreat egret (plural great egrets)
plural great egrets
- A large, white egret, Ardea alba, found around the world.
Synonyms: common egret, great white heron, great white egret, large egret
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA large, white egret, Ardea alba, found around the world.
Translations
Afrikaans grootwitreier
- grootwitreierbird, Ardea alba
Bengali বড় বগা
- বড় বগা (boṛ boga)bird, Ardea alba
Bulgarian голяма бяла чапла, кракал
- голяма бяла чапла (goljama bjala čapla)bird, Ardea alba
- кракал (krakal)bird, Ardea alba
Catalan agró blanc
- agró blancbird, Ardea alba
Czech volavka bílá
- volavka bílábird, Ardea alba
Danish sølvhejre
- sølvhejrebird, Ardea alba
Dutch zilverreiger
- zilverreigerbird, Ardea alba
Esperanto lertxuntxo handia
- lertxuntxo handiabird, Ardea alba
Estonian hõbehaigur
- hõbehaigurbird, Ardea alba
Finnish jalohaikara
- jalohaikarabird, Ardea alba
German Silberreiher
- Silberreiherbird, Ardea alba
Greek αργυροτσικνιάς
- αργυροτσικνιάς (argyrotsikniás)bird, Ardea alba
Hungarian nagy kócsag
- nagy kócsagbird, Ardea alba
Icelandic mjallhegri
- mjallhegribird, Ardea alba
Indonesian kuntul besar
- kuntul besarbird, Ardea alba
Irish éigrit mhór
- éigrit mhórbird, Ardea alba
Italian airone bianco maggiore
- airone bianco maggiorebird, Ardea alba
Japanese ダイサギ
- ダイサギbird, Ardea alba
Korean 대백로
- 대백로 (daebaengno)bird, Ardea alba
Māori kōtuku
- kōtukubird, Ardea alba
Persian اگرت بزرگ
- اگرت بزرگbird, Ardea alba
Romanian egretă mare
- egretă marebird, Ardea alba
Russian больша́я бе́лая ца́пля
- больша́я бе́лая ца́пля (bolʹšája bélaja cáplja)bird, Ardea alba
Spanish garza blanca, garceta grande
- garza blancabird, Ardea alba
- garceta grandebird, Ardea alba
Swedish ägretthäger
- ägretthägerbird, Ardea alba
Turkish büyük ak balıkçıl
- büyük ak balıkçılbird, Ardea alba
Welsh crëyr mawr gwyn
- crëyr mawr gwynbird, Ardea alba
Cite this entry
APA
great egret. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great%20egret
MLA
“great egret.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great%20egret. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “great egret,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great%20egret.
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