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Ardea candidissima
Snowy Snow"y, a. 1. White like snow. ``So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows.' --Shak. 2. Abounding with snow; covered with snow. ``The snowy top of cold Olympus.' --Milton. 3. Fig.: Pure; unblemished; unstained; spotless. There did he lose his snowy innocence. --J. Hall (1646). Snowy heron (Zo["o]l.), a white heron, or egret (Ardea candidissima), found in the Southern United States, and southward to Chili; -- called also plume bird. Snowy lemming (Zo["o]l.), the collared lemming (Cuniculus torquatus), which turns white in winter. Snowy owl (Zo["o]l.), a large arctic owl (Nyctea Scandiaca, or N. nivea) common all over the northern parts of the United States and Europe in winter time. Its plumage is sometimes nearly pure white, but it is usually more or less marked with blackish spots. Called also white owl. Snowy plover (Zo["o]l.), a small plover ([AE]gialitis nivosa) of the western parts of the United States and Mexico. It is light gray above, with the under parts and portions of the head white.
Ardea comata
Squacco Squac"co, n.; pl. Squaccos. (Zo["o]l.) A heron (Ardea comata) found in Asia, Northern Africa, and Southern Europe.
Ardea herodias
Crane Crane, n. 1. Any arm which swings about a vertical axis at one end, used for supporting a suspended weight. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The American blue heron (Ardea herodias). [Local, U. S.]
Ardea minuta
Crabeater Crab"eat`er (kr[a^]b"[=e]t`[~e]r), n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The cobia. (b) An etheostomoid fish of the southern United States (Hadropterus nigrofasciatus). (c) A small European heron (Ardea minuta, and other allied species).
Ardea or Herodias egretta
Egret E"gret, n. [See Aigret, Heron.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) 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, or Herodias, egretta); the great egret (A. alba); the little egret (A. garzetta), of Europe; and the American snowy egret (A. candidissima). A bunch of egrets killed for their plumage. --G. W. Cable. 2. A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette. 3. (Bot.) The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the down of the thistle. 4. (Zo["o]l.) A kind of ape.
Batardeau
Batardeau Ba`tar*deau", n. [F.] 1. A cofferdam. --Brande & C. 2. (Mil.) A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides of the wall.

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- historian Xenagoras, Ardeas or Ardeias (Ancient Gr****: Ἀρδείας) was a son of Odysseus and Circe. He was said to have founded Ardea, a city in Latium. Dionysius...
- Ardea may refer to: Ardea, Lazio, a town in Lazio, Italy Ardea (bird), a genus of large herons and some egrets Ardea (journal), an ornithological journal...
- The great egret (Ardea alba), also known as the common egret, large egret, or (in the Old World) great white egret or great white heron, is a large, widely...
- The grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia, and also parts...
- Ardea is a genus of herons. These herons are generally large in size, typically 80–100 cm or more in length. These large herons are ****ociated with wetlands...
- The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the s****s of open water and in wetlands over most...
- Ardea is an ancient town and comune (muni****lity) in the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, 35 kilometres (22 miles) south of Rome and about 4 kilometres...
- The purple heron (Ardea purpurea) is a wide-ranging heron species. It breeds in Africa, central and southern Europe, and southern and eastern Palearctic...
- and have the same build. Many egrets are members of the genera Egretta or Ardea, which also contain other species named as herons rather than egrets. The...
- The Lancia Ardea is a small family car produced by Italian car manufacturer Lancia between 1939 and 1953. Its unusually short bonnet reportedly contained...