Phrase guide

cattle egret

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A small egret, Bubulcus ibis, of the heron family (Ardeidae)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

small white egret widely distributed in warm regions often found around grazing animals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Bubulcus ibis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: egret

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: եգիպտական տառեղ (egiptakan taṙeġ) — cattle egret
  • Bulgarian: биволска чапла (bivolska čapla) — cattle egret
  • Catalan: esplugabous — cattle egret
  • Chichewa: kakowa — cattle egret
  • Chinese Mandarin: 牛背鹭 — cattle egret
  • Danish: kohejre — cattle egret
  • Dhivehi: އިރުވައިހުދު (iruvaihudu) — cattle egret
  • Dutch: koereiger — cattle egret
  • Faroese: kúhegri — cattle egret
  • Finnish: lehmähaikara — cattle egret
  • French: héron garde-bœufs — cattle egret
  • Fula: ñaalal — cattle egret
  • German: Kuhreiher — cattle egret
  • Central Kurdish: شاوەڕیخنە (şawerrîxne) — cattle egret
  • Northern Kurdish: garanîk — cattle egret
  • Malagasy: vorompotsy — cattle egret
  • Maltese: agrett tal-bhejjem — cattle egret
  • Persian: گاوچرانک (gâvčerânak) — cattle egret
  • Portuguese: carraceiro — cattle egret
  • Russian: еги́петская ца́пля (jegípetskaja cáplja) — cattle egret
  • Scottish Gaelic: corra-bhàn chruidh — cattle egret
  • Spanish: garcilla bueyera — cattle egret
  • Swedish: kohäger — cattle egret
  • Tagalog: tagak kalabaw — cattle egret
  • Tagalog: talabong — cattle egret
  • Tagalog: talaud — cattle egret
  • Turkish: sığır balıkçılı — cattle egret
  • Welsh: crëyr y gwartheg — cattle egret