how to pronounce egret

/ˈiː.ɡɹət/

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egret is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of egret in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… you and the egret Alcantara on the …”

meanings of egret

noun:

Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season.
The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, such as the down of the thistle.
The crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis).
A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament.

egret frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word egret occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics egret can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that egret can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;