Egret vs. Stork

Egretnoun

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.

Egretnoun

A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette.

Egretnoun

(botany) The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, such as the down of the thistle.

Egretnoun

(obsolete) The crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis)

Egretnoun

The name of several species of herons which bear plumes on the back. They are generally white. Among the best known species are the American egret (Ardea egretta syn. Herodias egretta); the great egret (Ardea alba); the little egret (Ardea garzetta), of Europe; and the American snowy egret (Ardea candidissima).

Egretnoun

A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette.

Egretnoun

The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the down of the thistle.

Egretnoun

A kind of ape.

Egretnoun

any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season

Egret

Egrets are herons that have white or buff plumage, developing fine plumes (usually milky white) during the breeding season. Egrets are not a biologically distinct group from herons and have the same build.

Storknoun

A large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the family Ciconiidae.

Storknoun

(children's folklore) The mythical bringer of babies to families, or good news.

Storknoun

(cartomancy) The seventeenth Lenormand card.

Storknoun

Any one of several species of large wading birds of the family Ciconidæ, having long legs and a long, pointed bill. They are found both in the Old World and in America, and belong to Ciconia and several allied genera. The European white stork (Ciconia alba) is the best known. It commonly makes its nests on the top of a building, a chimney, a church spire, or a pillar. The black stork (C. nigra) is native of Asia, Africa, and Europe.

Storknoun

large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage

Stork

Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, stout bills. They belong to the family called Ciconiidae, and make up the order Ciconiiformes .