EGRET
What does "EGRET" mean?
A long-legged, usually white heron with elegant plumes, found near water.
Meanings
- Any of several herons, typically white, bearing long ornamental breeding plumes. An egret stood motionless in the shallows, watching for fish.
Did you know?
- The egret's delicate breeding plumes were so prized by the early-1900s hat trade that the slaughter of the birds helped galvanize the founding of the National Audubon Society.
Word origin
From Old French 'aigrette' (little heron, also a plume), a diminutive of 'aigron' (heron), which came from a Germanic source related to 'heron'.
Remember it
EGRET sounds like 'regret' without the R: the plume hunters had plenty of that.
A little poem
White against green reeds,
it bends like a folding question-
the still water answers.
haiku
Wordplay
- The heron tried to apologize but couldn't. It had nothing but egrets.
What it teaches
What is most admired can be most endangered; beauty draws both the eye and the snare.
Quick facts
What does EGRET mean?
A long-legged, usually white heron with elegant plumes, found near water.
Is EGRET a valid word?
Yes — EGRET is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is EGRET?
EGRET has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does EGRET come from?
From Old French 'aigrette' (little heron, also a plume), a diminutive of 'aigron' (heron), which came from a Germanic source related to 'heron'.
What can EGRET teach us?
What is most admired can be most endangered; beauty draws both the eye and the snare.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.