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5 letters · 6 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season
originFrom Middle English, from Anglo-Norman egret, aigrette (“egret”), from Old Occitan aigreta, diminutive of aigron (“heron”), from Medieval Latin hairo, from Frankish *haigro (“heron”). Cognate with Old High German heigaro (“heron”), Old English hrāgra (“heron”). Doublet of aigrette. More at heron.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0