白しら鷺さぎ

noun

white heron; egret

Refers to any heron with predominantly white plumage, including egrets. In everyday use, しらさぎ is the typical reading.

• 川かわ辺べで白しら鷺さぎが魚さかなを捕つかまえていた。

  A white heron was catching fish by the riverside.

• 白しら鷺さぎの群むれが田たんぼに降おり立たった。

  A flock of egrets landed in the rice field.