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Aigret
Pronunciation : Ai"gret
Part of Speech : Ai*grette
Etymology : [F., a sort of white heron, with a tuft of feathers on its head; a tuft of feathers; dim. of the same word as heron. See Heron, and cf. Egret, Egrette.]
Definition : 1. (Zo?l.)
Defn: The small white European heron. See Egret.
2. A plume or tuft for the head composed of feathers, or of gems, etc. Prescott.
3. A tuft like that of the egret. (Bot.)
Defn: A feathery crown of seed; egret; as, the aigrette or down of the dandelion or the thistle.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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