Genus Egretta (Noun)
Meaning
Small Old and New World herons.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Here are the example sentences for "genus egretta":
- Egrets in the genus Egretta have the head and neck extended when flying.
- A taxonomic change of Egretta in relation to the snowy heron would leave us only a little the wiser as to their behaviour in these disparate ecosystems.
- Ardeidae encompasses five aquatic species that traditionally belonged to the genera Ardea, Egretta and Mesophoyx in previous phylogenetic taxonomic groupings.
- Those placed within Egretta also fit in their known dietary descriptions in coastal locations across Western North America.