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单词 cattle egret
释义

cattle egret

noun

: a small Old World white egret (Bubulcus ibis) introduced into the New World and having a yellow bill and in the breeding season buff on the crown, breast, and back

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Four blue-winged teal, a cattle egret, and a veery at Squantum, two piping plovers at Wollaston Beach, six purple martins at Stony Brook Sanctuary in Norfolk, and a Louisiana waterthrush at Fowl Meadow in Canton. BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2022 Worcester County: The region hosted a cackling goose at the Davis Farmland and a cattle egret on Redstone Hill Road, both in Sterling. BostonGlobe.com, 20 Nov. 2021 Franklin County: The area also hosted a cattle egret in the Whately/Deerfield area, as well as one of the first seasonal reports of a Northern shrike at the Orange Airport. BostonGlobe.com, 13 Nov. 2021 Plymouth County: The area is hosting a king eider in the Nantasket Beach area of Hull, as many as five sandhill cranes at Burrage Pond Wildlife Area in Hanson, and a cattle egret at Daniel Webster Sanctuary in Marshfield. BostonGlobe.com, 13 Nov. 2021 Highlights included a cattle egret in South Hadley, four black vultures in Hadley, a common gallinule in Hatfield, and two evening grosbeaks in Amherst. BostonGlobe.com, 6 Nov. 2021 Other reports included a Philadelphia vireo and a mourning warbler at Santuit Pond in Mashpee, a common redpoll at North Beach, and a cattle egret at South Monomoy Island. BostonGlobe.com, 23 Oct. 2021 These measures include surveillance of dense tree canopies, and when a cattle egret or night heron is seen, some loud noises. Brandi Addison, Dallas News, 22 Apr. 2021 In recent years, 500 to 700 cattle egrets have nested at Bird Island throughout the winter. Peggy O’hare, ExpressNews.com, 20 Jan. 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1899, in the meaning defined above

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