great white heron

Noun

• large white heron of Florida and the Florida Keys

• widely distributed Old World white egret

• a common egret of the genus Egretta found in America; it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Ardea occidentalis , Casmerodius albus , American egret , Egretta albus