also: だいさぎ
great egret; great white egret
Refers to the bird species Ardea alba. In everyday Japanese, the katakana name ダイサギ is standard.
A great egret was catching fish in the shallows of the river.
Katakana spelling is standard for this bird name; the kanji form 大鷺 is rarely used.
Hiragana spelling, less common than katakana but still seen.
Kanji form is rare; the word is usually written in kana.
From 大 (dai, 'large') + 鷺 (sagi, 'heron/egret'). The reading だいさぎ follows standard on'yomi for the first character and kun'yomi for the second.