Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
egean |
adjective |
See Aegean. |
egest |
verb t. |
To cast or throw out; to void, as excrement; to excrete, as the indigestible matter of the food; in an extended sense, to excrete by the lungs, skin, or kidneys. |
egged |
imp. & past participle |
of Egg |
eggar |
noun |
Any bombycid moth of the genera Eriogaster and Lasiocampa; as, the oak eggar (L. roboris) of Europe. |
egger |
noun |
One who gathers eggs; an eggler., One who eggs or incites. |
eghen |
noun pl. |
Eyes. |
egret |
noun |
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, / Herodias, egretta); the great egret (A. alba); the little egret (A. garzetta), of Europe; and the American snowy egret (A. candidissima)., A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette., The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the down of the thistle., A kind of ape. |