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An_DT egret_NN is_VBZ any_DT of_IN several_JJ herons_NNS ,_, most_JJS of_IN which_WDT are_VBP white_JJ or_CC buff_NN ,_, and_CC several_JJ of_IN which_WDT develop_VBP fine_JJ plumes_NNS -LRB-_-LRB- usually_RB milky_JJ white_JJ -RRB-_-RRB- during_IN the_DT breeding_VBG season_NN ._.
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Many_JJ egrets_NNS are_VBP members_NNS of_IN the_DT genera_NN Egretta_NNP or_CC Ardea_NNP which_WDT also_RB contain_VBP other_JJ species_NNS named_VBN as_IN herons_NNS rather_RB than_IN egrets_NNS ._.
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The_DT distinction_NN between_IN a_DT heron_NN and_CC an_DT egret_NN is_VBZ rather_RB vague_JJ ,_, and_CC depends_VBZ more_RBR on_IN appearance_NN than_IN biology_NN ._.
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The_DT word_NN ``_`` egret_NN ''_'' comes_VBZ from_IN the_DT French_JJ word_NN ``_`` aigrette_NN ''_'' that_WDT means_VBZ both_CC ``_`` silver_JJ heron_NN ''_'' and_CC ``_`` brush_NN ,_, ''_'' referring_VBG to_TO the_DT long_JJ filamentous_JJ feathers_NNS that_WDT seem_VBP to_TO cascade_NN down_IN an_DT egret_NN 's_POS back_RB during_IN the_DT breeding_VBG season_NN ._.
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Several_JJ of_IN the_DT egrets_NNS have_VBP been_VBN reclassified_VBN from_IN one_CD genus_NN to_TO another_DT in_IN recent_JJ years_NNS :_: the_DT Great_NNP Egret_NNP ,_, for_IN example_NN ,_, has_VBZ been_VBN classified_VBN as_IN a_DT member_NN of_IN either_CC Casmerodius_NNP ,_, Egretta_NNP or_CC Ardea_NNP ._.
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In_IN the_DT 19th_JJ and_CC early_JJ part_NN of_IN the_DT 20th_JJ century_NN ,_, some_DT of_IN the_DT world_NN 's_POS egret_NN species_NNS were_VBD endangered_VBN by_IN relentless_JJ plume_NN hunting_NN ,_, since_IN hat_NN makers_NNS in_IN Europe_NNP and_CC the_DT United_NNP States_NNPS demanded_VBD large_JJ numbers_NNS of_IN egret_NN plumes_NNS ,_, leading_VBG to_TO breeding_VBG birds_NNS being_VBG killed_VBN in_IN many_JJ places_NNS around_IN the_DT world_NN ._.
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Several_JJ Egretta_NN species_NNS ,_, including_VBG the_DT Eastern_NNP Reef_NN Egret_NNP ,_, the_DT Reddish_JJ Egret_NN and_CC the_DT Western_JJ Reef_NN Egret_NN have_VBP two_CD distinct_JJ colors_NNS ,_, one_CD of_IN which_WDT is_VBZ entirely_RB white_JJ ._.
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Little_JJ Blue_JJ Heron_NNP has_VBZ all-white_JJ juvenile_JJ plumage_NN ._.
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