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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Ardeinae — the cattle erget.

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Examples

  • The cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) increased its range of distribution early in the last century and now lives in these mangrove forests and the rest of the continent (indirect introduction).

    Manabí mangroves 2008

  • Birds include cattle egret Bubulcus ibis, black stork Ciconia nigra (migrant), yellow-billed stork Mycteria ibis, the African grey parrot Psittacus erythacus, a popular species for sale, and the endemic Congo peafowl Afropavo congensis.

    Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo 2008

  • Bubulcitate, by the way, is 'to do the office of a Bubulcus or Cowheard,' in case you were wondering.

    languagehat.com: MORE BAD WRITING. 2004

  • In the case of cattle-egrets (_Bubulcus coromandus_) the custom of shooting them when on the nest has given place to a more humane and more sensible method of obtaining their nuchal plumes.

    A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916

  • The first bishop of whom history has preserved any record is Bubulcus who was present at the Burgundian Synod of Epaon in 517.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

  • An oxherd hight Bubulcus, and is ordained by office to keep oxen: He feedeth and nourisheth oxen, and bringeth them to leas and home again: and bindeth their feet with a langhaldes and spanells and nigheth and cloggeth them while they be in pasture and leas, and yoketh and maketh them draw at the plough: and pricketh the slow with a goad, and maketh them draw even.

    Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus Robert Steele 1902

  • Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis with a distinctively uneven, pale blue-ish plumage, a yellow bill, and two-toned legs (pale [almost white] tibia blending into darker tarsi below the 'knee').

    10,000 Birds 2008

  • Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis with a distinctively uneven, pale blue-ish plumage, a yellow bill, and two-toned legs (pale [almost white] tibia blending into darker tarsi below the 'knee').

    10,000 Birds 2008

  • Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis with a distinctively uneven, pale blue-ish plumage, a yellow bill, and two-toned legs (pale [almost white] tibia blending into darker tarsi below the 'knee').

    10,000 Birds 2008

  • Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis with a distinctively uneven, pale blue-ish plumage, a yellow bill, and two-toned legs (pale [almost white] tibia blending into darker tarsi below the 'knee').

    10,000 Birds 2008

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